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Ranking: Utah is 2nd this year; it was 5th in 2008.
Strengths: 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 and a low rate of cancer deaths at 144.7 deaths per 100,000 population.
Challenges: 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 and low public health funding at $60 per person.
See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Utah.
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The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Utah
Guide on how to find health insurance in Utah.
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Official State Government Sites with Utah Health Insurance Information.
Utah Department of Human Services: Insurance Programs -- Medicare, Medicaid and long term health insurance information.
Utah Children's Health Insurance Program -- families who cannot afford to buy health insurance for their children may be eligible for health coverage through the Utah CHIP.
Advocacy
Utah Health Policy Project -- a resource for the public, community leaders, businesses, health care providers and policy makers interested in strengthening the health care system while working to develop visionary and systemic solutions to the crisis of the uninsured and under-insured.
Democracy for Utah: Heath Care -- a resource for the public, community leaders, businesses, health care providers and policy makers interested in strengthening the health care system while working to develop visionary and systemic solutions to the crisis of the uninsured and under-insured.
