Indicator Report - Birth Rates by Utah Small Area, 2008-2010
Why Is This Important?
Birth rate is the number of live births in a given year per 1,000 persons in the total population. Tracking birth rate patterns among Utah and U.S. women as a whole is critical to understanding population growth and change in this country and in Utah. Birth rates directly relate to a population's need for timely and appropriate preconceptional, prenatal, neonatal, and postpartum care.Birth Rates by Utah Small Area, 2008-2010
Data Notes
In 2008 the Post Office carved out a new ZIP Code (84081) from two existing ZIP Codes (84084 and 84088) in Salt Lake County. This change affected the boundaries for Small Area #33 "West Jordan North (84084)" and Small Area #34 "West Jordan/Copperton (84088, 84006)". We had to discontinue Small Areas #33 and #34, and create three new Small Areas in their place. Beginning with the 2009 data, ZIP Code 84084 will define new Small Area #62 "West Jordan Northeast". ZIP Code 84088 will define new Small Area #63 "West Jordan Southeast". And new ZIP Code 84081 with old 84006 will define new Small Area #64 "West Jordan West/Copperton". The new Small Areas in West Jordan are not comparable to the previous designations for 84084, 84088, and 84006. To get more information on Utah Small Area definitions, go to http://health.utah.gov/opha/IBIShelp/sarea/UtahSmallAreaInfo.pdfData Sources
Utah Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health.Other Views
Definition
Number of live births per 1,000 population.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of live births. |
| Denominator: | Number of persons in population. |
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Published on 11/07/2011
