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Show Mortality, All Causes Utah's age-adjusted death rate for all causes has consistently been below the national average. In general, overall death rates are declining both in Utah and the United States. However, 1993 saw an increase in the Utah mortality rate. National data for 1993 will be available in 1996 for comparison. Table 26. Mortality, All Causes* Utah:U.S. Year Utah U.S. (Ratio) 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 408.7 504.5 0.81:1 1993 425.5 - - *Age-adjusted rates Age-adjusted to the per 100,000 population, standard 1940 population. Figure 16 Mortality, All Causes 600 -i "¦^ _•_ -._ _ *73 500 - ¦--------------------------------------------------------------- ido^ ---------------------^^ | 400 - '-----------------------------¦____________________________________________________ ----*rr o o I-( tesper 300 ¦ ¦ Utah s 1 200 - --------------U.S. -adji 100 ¦ m 0 - • i i i i i i i i i i , II 1 .1, , 1 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Rates are age-adjusted to the standard 1940 population. Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1995 61 |