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Show Local Health District Key Health Indicators Central Utah Health Department Compiled by Erin Maughan and Sally Burns / Counties: Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, Wayne |__ !¦¦ Population Size: 66,192 The Central Utah Health Department (CUHD) is the seventh F^ largest district in population, and the third largest in area. L,. .. The health indicators listed for the year 2001 show that CUHD's immunization rates have become increasingly more favorable than state rates during the past several years. However, No Health Insurance low birth weight infants, adult obesity and the percentage of the p 3 Percentage of pOpu|ation having n0 nea|th insur-population that is uninsured is less favorable when compared to ance CUHD and Utah 1997-2001 the state, as a whole. Adults in CUHD smoke at the same rate as other Utah adults. ------------Health District .......Utah Immunization Rates ? Health District I Utah Figure 1. Percentage of children fully immunized by 24 months of age, CUHD and Utah, 1998-2001. 25.0% n 20.0% - 15.0% - 10.0% - 5.0% 0.0% 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Adult Obesity (BMI > 25) Tobacco Use Table 1. Percentage of adults using tobacco in a given year, CUHD, Utah and U.S. 1995 -1998 Figure 2. Percentage of adults with BMI exceeding 25%, CUHD and Utah, 1997-2001. CUHD Utah U.S. 14.3 14.3 n/a 1999 -2001 13.0 13.0 22.7 70.0% 1 ----------Health District ¦Utah 60.0% J^---- ^--------- - ¦* 50 0% ^-- 40.0% - ^n n% \J\J.\J /O 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Low Birth Weight «2500 g) Figure 4. Percentage of live born infants with a birth weight under 2500 grams, CUHD and Utah, 1997-2001. 10.0% -, 8.0% -6.0% -4.0% -2.0% -0.0% ? Health District I Utah 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Sources: 2000 U. S. Census Data: [Online] http://www.utah.com/visitor/state_facts/counties.htm Utah Department of Health: Indicator based Information System for Public Health [Online] ¦ „ .^^JQ^ Utah Department of Health: Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System [Online] ¦ ni > ct Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume DC 119 |