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Show MORTALITY, ALL CAUSES (1992 Total Deaths in Utah = 9,713) Mortality, All Causes Age-adjusted Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population Utah's age-adjusted death rate from all causes of mortality is below the U.S. average (Table 22). Overall death rates are declining for Utah and the nation, with the Utah rate declining at a slightly faster pace than the national rate (Figure 16). Table 22 Utah:U.S. Year Utah U.S. (RatioL 1980 494.4 585.8 0.84:1 1981 485.4 568.2 0.85:1 1982 473.4 553.8 0.85:1 1983 457.5 550.5 0.83:1 1984 467.4 545.9 0.86:1 1985 459.5 546.1 0.84:1 1986 441.1 541.7 0.81:1 1987 440.8 535.5 0.82:1 1988 437.8 535.5 0.82:1 1989 431.5 523.0 0.83:1 1990 414.3 520.2 0.80:1 1991 422.5 513.7 0.82:1 1992 408.7 ~ Figure 16 Mortality, All Causes 600 t c 550 500 "3 Oh 0 450 CU o o 400 o o o 350 V 300 Oh tes 250 200 .| 150 -¦ I100"" < 50-- 0 Utah U.S. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1994 19 |