Utah Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Utah is 2nd this year; it was 5th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Utah ranks among the top ten states on 12 of the 22 measures.
- Strengths include a low prevalence of smoking at 9.3 percent of the population
- A low prevalence of binge drinking at 9.0 percent of the population
- A low prevalence of obesity at 23.1 percent of the population
- A low percentage of children in poverty at 8.8 percent of persons under age 18
- A low infant mortality rate at 4.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Challenges include limited availability of primary care physicians with 87.9 primary care physicians per 100,000 population
- high geographic disparity within the state at 16.0 percent
- Low public health funding at $60 per person.
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the rate of uninsured population decreased from 15.1 percent to 13.0 percent.
- In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty declined from 12.6 percent to 8.8 percent of persons under age 18.
- In the past ten years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 14.2 percent to 9.3 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Utah.
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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