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Show Per Capita Personal Income In Utah, the relationship between socioeconomic status and good health is misleading, because per capita income is calculated by dividing the total personal income by the total population. Utah has a younger population which leads to fewer people in the work force, this would bring the per capita income down. As an example, in 1990, only 56% of Utahns were in the working age population. Almost 37% of the Utah population was below the age of 17 years and 9% older then 65. Many of the children and elderly within this classification did not receive an income but are included in the total population measurement. Usually, Utah has a lower per capita income than that of the nation which could suggest that Utah's population would be less healthy when compared to the nation, but a number of health indicators demonstrate that Utah ranks favorably above the national average. Since 1978, the gap between Utah and national income levels has increased. The difference was the greatest in 1988 when Utah's per capita personal income was only 75% of the national. Subsequently, the margin of difference has narrowed and has just recently risen to the 80% level as was seen in the 1970s. Table 9. Per Capita Personal Income Utah as %of Year Utah U.S. U.S. 1969 $3,024 $3,813 79.3 1970 3,291 4,047 81.3 1971 3,541 4,294 82.6 1972 3,851 4,659 82.7 1973 4,199 5,168 81.3 1974 4,595 5,628 81.6 1975 4,963 6,045 82.1 1976 5,488 6,629 82.8 1977 6,016 7,267 82.8 1978 6,702 8,117 82.6 1979 7,358 9,017 81.6 1980 7,942 9,940 79.9 1981 8,702 11,009 79.0 1982 9,128 11,583 78.8 1983 9,568 12,223 78.3 1984 10,343 13,332 77.6 1985 10,915 14,155 77.1 1986 11,318 14,906 75.9 1987 11,781 15,638 75.3 1988 12,376 16,610 74.5 1989 13,200 17,690 74.6 1990 14,066 18,667 75.4 1991 14,736 19,201 76.7 1992 15,608 20,146 77.5 1993 16,354 20,809 78.6 1994 17,172 21,699 79.1 1995 18,400 22,600 81.4 Figure 8 Per Capita Personal Income o H-I-I-h H-I-I-I-r- H-I-I-I-I-I-I- H-I-I-I 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 40 Demographics |
