A repository for documents, reports, and publications from the Utah Department of Health.
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1995-1998 Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Local Health District Report | Utah Office of Public Health Assessment; Utah Bureau of Health Education; Utah Bureau of Chronic Disease | Overall, the Utah population is relatively young and healthy. Its death rate is much lower than that for the U.S. (all cause deaths), and it has especially low rates of death for lung cancer and heart disease. These low rates are at least partially attributable to Utah's healthy lifestyles, such as ... |
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1996 Health Status Survey - Health Care Access and Utilization | Utah Department of Health Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | Assuring access to health care has been defined by the Institute of Medicine as one of the key functions of government in public health. In addition to the ability to access medical care for an acute medical problem, having a primary health care provider, or a "medical home" is also believed to prom... |
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1996 Health Status Survey - Lifestyle Factors in Utah | Utah Department of Health Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | It is clear from research that choices people make about health behaviors can substantially increase or decrease their risk of life threatening conditions including heart disease, cancer, and injuries. Public health efforts to prevent chronic disease encourage people to eat a diet high in fruits and... |
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1996 Health Status Survey : Health Care Access and Utilization / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | Assuring access to health care has been defined by the Institute of Medicine as one of the key functions of government in public health1. In addition to the ability to access medical care for an acute medical problem, having a primary health care provider, or a "medical home" is also believed to pro... |
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1996 Health Status Survey : Lifestyle Factors in Utah / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | It is clear from research that choices people make about health behaviors can substantially increase or decrease their risk of life threatening conditions including heart disease, cancer, and injuries. Public health efforts to prevent chronic disease encourage people to eat a diet high in fruits and... |
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1996 Health Status Survey : Limitations of Activities in Utah / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data.; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis. | Overall in 1996, 7.2% of all Utahns were estimated to have some type of limitation of their daily activities. In 1991 the Health Status Survey estimate was 4.9%. The questions asked in the two survey years were virtually identical. Although differences in some aspect of the survey methodology is alw... |
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1996 Health Status Survey : Socio-economic Status and Health in Utah / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data.; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis. | Socio-economic status (SES) has been recognized as an important determinant of health since the early part of this century. The 1994 conference on .Measuring Social Inequalities in Health. recommended that health data, including government surveys, vital records systems and cancer registries collect... |
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1996 Health Status Survey Health Status in Utah - The Medical Outcomes Study SF12 | Utah Department of Health | Health Status can be measured in a variety of ways, including rates of mortality from various causes, incidence or prevalence of disease and disability, utilization of health care, and self-reports from individuals. Each method has strengths and weaknesses on a variety of dimensions, such as how wel... |
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1996 Health Status Survey: Chronic Medical Conditions in Utah / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data.; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis. | Of the ten leading causes of death in the United States in 1990, more than half were chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancers, cerebrovascular disease (also known as stroke), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, and chronic liver diseases. Heart disease, cancer, and ce... |
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2000 Utah Child Health Survey - Children with Special Health Care Needs | Utah Office of Public Health Assessment Center for Health Data | This report is intended to provide an overview of the information collected in the 2000 Utah Child Health Survey. The survey was designed to address the important health issues among Utah children, including health insurance coverage, special health care needs, and patterns of health care delivery a... |
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2000 Utah Child Health Survey : Children with Special Health Care Needs / | Utah. Office of Public Health Assessment; Utah. Center for Health Data | This report is intended to provide an overview of the information collected in the 2000 Utah Child Health Survey. The survey was designed to address the important health issues among Utah children, including health insurance coverage, special health care needs, and patterns of health care delivery a... |
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2000 Utah Child Health Survey : General Population Overview / | Utah. Office of Public Health Assessment; Utah. Center for Health Data | This report is intended to provide an overview of the information collected in the 2000 Utah Child Health Survey. The survey was designed to address the important health issues among Utah children, including health insurance coverage, special health care needs, and patterns of health care delivery a... |
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Health Status in Utah by Race and Ethnicity / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | An understanding of the health status of a population is necessary to plan, implement, describe, and evaluate public health programs that control and prevent adverse health events. A 1988 Institute of Medicine committee,1 in a report entitled, The Future of Public Health recommended that... "...ever... |
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Hospitalizations for Conditions Related to Lifestyle or Behavior | Utah Department of Health Office of Surveillance and Analysis. | Utah Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data: Hospitalizations for conditions related to lifestyle or behavior. Standard Report II (ST-2 92-93). |
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Indicator Profile of 5 A Day - fruit / | Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program; Utah. Bureau of Health Promotion; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services ; Utah Dept. of Health | Persons Who Reported Having Had Two or More Servings of Fruits per Day, Utah and U.S., 1993-2003. |
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Indicator profile of 5 a day - vegetables / | Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program; Bureau of Health Promotion; Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah Dept. of Health | Persons Who Reported Having Had 3 or More Servings of Vegetables per Day, Utah and U.S., 1993-2003. |
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Indicator profile of adolescent births / | Utah. Reproductive Health Program.; Utah. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on adolescent births by age of mother in Utah and U.S., 1990-2002. |
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Indicator profile of air quality | Utah. Center for Health Data.; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on air quality number of exceedences in Utah per year. |
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Indicator profile of alcohol consumption : binge drinking / | Utah. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.; Utah. Office of Public Health Assessment.; Utah. Center for Health Data.; Utah. Dept. of Health. | Presents data on the percentage of adults who reported binge drinking in the past 30 days in Utah and the U.S. |
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Indicator profile of alcohol-related motor vehicle crash deaths / | Utah. Violence and Injury Prevention Program; Utah. Bureau or Health Promotion; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on alcohol-related motor vehicle crash deaths by type of decendent, Utah, 1992-2003. |
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Indicator profile of ambulatory care sensitive conditions: asthma hospital discharges among children / | Office of Health Care Statistics; Center for Health Data; Utah Dept. of Health | Risk-adjusted discharge rate for asthma children aged 0-17 years by year, Utah, 1999-2003. |
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Indicator profile of assisted living occupancy rate : type I / | Utah. Bureau of Medicare and Medicaid Program Certification and Resident Assessment; Utah. Division of Health Systems Improvement; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on percentage of type I assisted living beds occupied, Utah, 2001-2003. |
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Indicator profile of assisted living occupancy rate : type II / | Utah. Bureau of Medicare and Medicaid Program Certification and Resident Assessment; Utah. Division of Health Systems Improvement; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on percentage of type II assisted living beds occupied, Utah, 2001-2003. |
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Indicator profile of backsleeping for infants / | Utah. Reproductive Health Program; Utah. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on prevalence of infant sleeping position on back, Utah and 16 other states, 1999. |
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Indicator profile of birth rates / | Utah. Reproductive Health Program; Utah. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on birth rates in Utah and U.S., 1980-2003. |