Indicator Profile of Health Status: Physical Health Past 30 Days
Why Is This Important?
General physical health status is the culmination of all the things that affect a person's health. A person may have had poor health because of an injury, an acute infection such as a cold or flu, or a chronic health problem. This measure can be used to identify health disparities, track population trends, plan public health programs, and measure progress at the state level toward the two major goals of Healthy People 2010: Improving the Quality and Years of Healthy Life and Eliminating Health Disparities.Percentage of Adults Aged 18 and Older Who Reported Seven or More Days When Their Physical Health Was Not Good in the Past 30 Days by Race, Utah, 2003-2008
Data Notes
Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population.Data Sources
Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health;Other Views
- by Sex and Age Group, Utah, 2007 and 2008
- by Education Level, Utah, 2008
- by Income Category, Utah, 2008
- by Ethnicity, Utah, 2003-2008
- by Weight Category, Utah, 2008
- by Current Smoker Status, Utah, 2008
- by Local Health District, Utah, 2006-2008
- by Small Area, Utah, 2003-2008
- Utah and U.S., 1993-2008
Definition
Percentage of adults aged 18 years and older who reported seven or more days when their physical health was not good in the past 30 days.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of survey respondents who reported seven or more days when their physical health was not good in the past 30 days. |
| Denominator: | Total number of survey respondents excluding those with missing, "Don't know/Not sure" or "Refused" responses. |
Page Content Updated On 11/03/09,
Published on 11/05/09
