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1 Utah's Healthy People 2000 Health Status Indicators by Local Health DistrictSnyder, Darryl; Shah, Gulzar H.; Neerings, KimThis is an update on the Healthy People 2000 Health Status indicators for the 12 local health department districts in Utah. The data are presented so that policy implications relevant to each local health department district can be considered. Recent national data are presented. Health, as measured ...
2 Bureau of Epidemiology Annual Report 1998Utah Dept. of Health. Bureau of EpidemiologyAnnual disease reports.
3 Utah health status update: health in ethnic populations /Utah s ethnic populations are small, but growing more rapidly than the Utah population as a whole. Current health information sources, such as the 1996 Utah Health Status Survey, do not adequately represent health status, health problems, and health care needs of Utah s ethnic populations. To begin ...
4 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...
5 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...
6 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...
7 Utah health status update: Utah's hospital discharge data system /The Utah Department of Health, with the leadership of the Utah Health Data Committee, has developed an all-payer hospital discharge data reporting system. Since 1992, all licensed Utah hospitals and the Veterans Administration Medical Center have reported on over 200,000 hospitalizations each year. ...
8 Utah health status update: lifestyle and chronic diseases in Utah /Chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, are leading causes of death, disability, and health care costs in Utah and the United States. Chronic diseases are often considered a normal part of aging, but the risks of several chronic diseases can be reduced substantially by lifes...
9 Utah health status update: infectious diseases (part 1) /In 1907, the Utah State Board of Health adopted Quarantine Rules that mandated reporting of 16 infectious diseases, including diphtheria, pneumonia, scarlet fever, smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, rubella, whooping cough and infantile paralysis. During 1908, over 1,000 Utah residents died of reporta...
10 Overview of the 1996 Health Status Survey /Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and AnalysisThe Health Status Survey Overview Report provides information on 39 health measures from the 1996 Health Status Survey, plus a variety of Utah demographic characteristics from the survey and elsewhere. The 39 health measures represent most of the topical areas covered in the 1996 survey. This report...
11 1996 Health Status Survey : Interpersonal Violence in Utah /Utah. Office of Public Heallth Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and AnalysisInterpersonal violence is increasingly recognized as an important issue in public health. Violent acts, such as child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, and gang violence cause physical and emotional harm to persons, and harm families and communities. The prevalence of interpersonal violence may...
12 Utah health status update: infectious diseases (part 2) /This report, the second of three focusing on infectious diseases in Utah, covers trends in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) including gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV/AIDS.
13 Utah health status update: infectious diseases (part 3) /This report is the last of a three-part series devoted to infectious diseases in Utah and covers vaccine-preventable diseases.
14 Utah health status update: assisted living in Utah /Assisted Living combines housing and supportive services in a "homelike" environment and strives to maximize individual functioning and autonomy. For persons who need help with activities of daily living (ADL), but do not need continuous skilled nursing services, Assisted Living bridges the gap betw...
15 Utah health status update: asthma /Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction leading to recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States and one where appropriate medical care, including patient educ...
16 Utah health status update: infant mortality review /Infant mortality (the death of an infant <1 year if age) is a sentinel event that serves as a measure of a community's health and social and economic well being. The infant mortality rate has steadily declined over the past decade, but rates remain high for some populations in Utah, and preventable ...
17 Utah health status update: Utah emergency medical services data /Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are a continuum of services available to people who seek care either by calling 911 or by going directly to an emergency department. Those services include 911 dispatch assistance, EMT first response, paramedic care, ambulance transport, emergency department care, in...
18 Utah health status update: diabetes in Utah /Diabetes is an important cause of disability and death, and results in substantial health care expenditures. It is the leading cause of adult blindness, non-traumatic lower extremity amputation, and end-stage renal disease. Diabetes is also a condition for which appropriate medical care and patient ...
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