Utah Department of Health Data Sets and Contact List
| Data Set | Description | Data Contact | IBIS Query |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality Index | The air quality index (AQI) is a measure used to indicate current and forecasted air quality conditions; it can also be used to help understand what local air quality conditions mean for human health. This query provides annual data for counties that have air quality monitors. Data can be queries as percent of monitored days by AQI category or maximum AQI value. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| All Payer Claims Data (APCD) | Utah licensed payers and Medicaid report information on their members' eligibilities and paid medical and pharmacy claims. Information on this data set can be found at http://stats.health.utah.gov/about-the-data/data-series/. | Lori Savoie Health Care Statistics Program 801-538-7052 |
No |
| American Community Survey (ACS) | IBIS-Q contains selected variables from the ACS. IBIS ACS data was transformed from U.S. Census Bureau ACS data following ACS guideline. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2009/acs/ACSstateLocal.pdf | Tong Zheng Public Health Assessment 801-538-6458 |
Yes |
| Ambulatory Surgery Records | Utah licensed ambulatory surgery centers report information on each outpatient surgery. Information on this data set can be found at http://stats.health.utah.gov/about-the-data/data-series/. | Lori Savoie Health Care Statistics Program 801-538-7052 |
No |
| Autism and Developmental Disabilities Data | Under the Rule R398-10 UDOH collects autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability information from providers. | Colin Kingsbury Children with Special Health Care Needs |
No |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | Telephone survey conducted yearly. Collects information on preventive health practices, risk behaviors, and health care access. Information about this data set can be found at: http://health.utah.gov/opha/OPHA_BRFSS.htm. | Shigehito Onda Public Health Assessment 801-538-9466 |
Yes |
| Birth Certificate | A Certificate of Live Birth form is completed for all births occurring in Utah. A sample of the form can be found in Appendix A of each Utah's Vital Statistics: Births and Deaths annual report at https://vitalrecords.utah.gov/utah-vital-statistics. | Yanling Shi Vital Records and Statistics 801-538-9339 |
Yes |
| Birth Defect | The Utah Birth Defect Network (UBDN) tracks all major structural birth defects by collecting information about children born in Utah with birth defects. Once the UBDN receives a report of a birth defect, a UBDN staff member goes out to the reporting facility and collects information from the medical records of the infant and the mother. | Amy Nance Utah Birth Defect Network 801-883-4661 |
Yes |
| Birth Defect DNA Samples | The Utah Birth Defect Network collected cheek cell samples from research participating subjects for DNA extraction for the CDC funded National Birth Defects Prevention Study. | Amy Nance Utah Birth Defect Network 801-883-4661 |
No |
| Blood Lead Level | The Utah Blood Lead Registry (UBLR) identifies Utah residents with elevated blood lead levels and provides risk assessment to limit and remove the risk of lead exposure. It also serves as a data and educational resource for health care providers, local health departments, and researchers. The UBLR also provides blood lead data to national, state, and local agencies to generate statistics and identify high risk areas. | Mark E. Jones Environmental Epidemiology 801-538-6191 |
Yes |
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Database | Utah Cancer Control Program provides breast and cervical cancer screening services to women eligible under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990. This database contains the screening and diagnostic information, along with patient identifiable information, for the period these women were screened through the program. Patients found to have cancer under this Act and who are eligible for Medicaid are transitioned into Medicaid. Those not eligible for Medicaid are navigated into charity care. This database is linked twice yearly to the Utah Cancer Registry. | Marie Ngata Cancer Control Program 801-538-7049 |
No |
| Cancer Registry | Data come from the Utah Cancer Registry (UCR), a population-based cancer registry that has served the State of Utah since 1966. The UCR promotes public health in Utah by maintaining cancer data, which makes the monitoring of trends in incidence and mortality as well as the evaluation of prevention and control measures possible. See ucr.utah.edu for more information. | Carol Sweeney Utah Cancer Registry 801-581-8407 |
Yes |
| Communicable Diseases | Disease incidence data derived from Utah's National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) database. Allows users to query disease incidence over specified time periods. | Bureau of Epidemiology 801-538-6191 |
Yes |
| Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) | Public Use File (Standardized limited data set) - CAHPS measures enrollees' satisfaction with their health plan. The data are collected from surveys administered annually. Adult surveys are administered in even-numbered years and child surveys are administered in odd-numbered years. Data are available for Medicaid, commercial, and CHIP health plans. Information on this data set can be found at http://stats.health.utah.gov/about-the-data/data-series/. | Lori Savoie Health Care Statistics Program 801-538-7052 |
No |
| COVID-19 | Case and laboratory data that can be queried is available on IBIS. More information on COVID-19 case-counts and other resources can be found at https://coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts/. | Abigail Collingwood Bureau of Epidemiology |
Yes |
| Death Certificate | A Certificate of Death form is completed for all deaths occurring in Utah. A sample of the form can be found in Appendix A of each Utah's Vital Statistics: Births and Deaths annual report at https://vitalrecords.utah.gov/utah-vital-statistics. | Yanling Shi Vital Records and Statistics 801-538-9339 |
Yes |
| Emergency Department Encounters | Utah licensed hospitals report information on emergency department patient encounters. Information on this data set can be found at http://stats.health.utah.gov/about-the-data/data-series/. | Felicia Alvarez Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness |
Yes |
| Fetal Mortality | A Fetal Death Certificate form is completed for a) each result of non-live birth of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and b) that was not born alive. A sample of the form can be found in Appendix A of each Utah's Vital Statistics: Births and Deaths annual report at https://vitalrecords.utah.gov/utah-vital-statistics. | Yanling Shi Vital Records and Statistics 801-538-9339 |
Yes |
| Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) | Utah licensed hospitals report the Healthcare-Associated Infections to the UDOH. UDOH publishes annual reports on hospital performance. | April Clements Bureau of Epidemiology |
No |
| Health Plan Quality Data and Information Set (HEDIS) | Public Use File (Standardized limited data set) - HEDIS indicators for Medicaid, commercial, and CHIP health plans in Utah. HEDIS is a report of the quality of care provided by a plan to its enrollees. Information on this data set can be found at http://stats.health.utah.gov/about-the-data/data-series/. | Lori Savoie Health Care Statistics Program 801-538-7052 |
No |
| Immunization Information System | The Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) collects the immunization histories from providers, health facilities, schools, data care centers, and pharmacies. | Jon Reid USIIS 801 209-2838 |
No |
| Infant Mortality | These data come from the Utah Death Certificate database. Infant Mortality provides the number of infant deaths during a year (regardless of birth year). The number of births in the year is used as a denominator. Modules include infant mortality (age 364 days or less), neonatal mortality (age 0-27 days), postneonatal mortality (age 28-364 days). | Yanling Shi Vital Records and Statistics 801-538-9339 |
Yes |
| Inpatient Hospital Discharges | All licensed hospitals in Utah report data on inpatient hospital discharges. There may be a charge for use of the full data set. Information on this data set can be found at http://health.utah.gov/hda/dataproducts.php. | Lori Savoie Health Care Statistics Program 801-538-7052 |
Yes |
| Laboratory Data | The State Public Health Laboratory conducts tests for infectious disease, forensics/toxicology/chemistry. Data sets for Infectious Diseases, Forensic Toxicology, and Environmental Chemistry laboratories are not for external research use/purposes without a GRAMA request or submission to the IRB approval. | Preston Freitas State Laboratory |
No |
| Medicaid Utilization Data | Utah Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program's members' medical and pharmacy utilization data. | Stephanie Argoitia Medicaid and Health Financing 801-538-9925 |
No |
| National Toxic Substance Incidents Program | The National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) actively collects information to describe the public health impact of acute hazardous substance releases. NTSIP defines hazardous substances emergency events as acute uncontrolled or illegal releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances. Data is organized by year, county, and substance category. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| Newborn Hearing Screening | Newborn hearing screening data. | Stephanie McVicar Children with Special Health Care Needs |
No |
| Newborn Heart Screening | Newborn critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening using pulse oximetry data. | Amy Nance Utah Birth Defect Network 801-883-4661 |
No |
| Newborn Blood Screening | Newborn blood screening data. | Kimberly Hart Children with Special Health Care Needs |
No |
| Parkinson's Disease Registry | UDOH requires persons or organizations to report any Parkinson's Disease case information under the Rule 384-300. | Theron Jeppson Bureau of Epidemiology |
No |
| Population for County and Local Health District | The population estimates for years 1980-1999 were produced by the Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (GOPB). For years 2000 and later the population estimates are provided by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau. | Tong Zheng Public Health Assessment 801-538-6458 |
Yes |
| Population for Utah Small Areas | The population estimates were produced by staff in the Center for Health Data and Informatics. Linear interpolation of U.S. Census and ESRI ZIP Code data provided annual population estimates for ZIP Code areas by sex and age groups. All estimates were then weighted so that county totals matched the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau. The county estimates which result from summing across all Small Areas within a county may not be an exact match with the estimates from the U.S. Census County level data set even through a weight has been applied to make the county level estimates match as close as possible. | Tong Zheng Public Health Assessment 801-538-6458 |
Yes |
| Population for Race/Ethnicity | Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties in Utah, U.S. Bureau of the Census. | Tong Zheng Public Health Assessment 801-538-6458 |
Yes |
| Prehospital EMS data | The prehospital (ambulance) data come from all emergency medical services (EMS) agencies licensed or designated to operate in Utah. Information on this data set can be found at http://bemsp.utah.gov/regulations/data/data-collection/. | Felicia Alvarez Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness |
Yes |
| Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS) | An ongoing, population-based risk factor surveillance system designed to identify and monitor selected maternal experiences that occur before, and during pregnancy and the child's early infancy among a stratified sample of mothers delivering a live birth. | Nicole Stone Maternal and Infant Health 801-273-2873 |
Yes |
| Radon | Radon test kit results. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| SAIPE (Poverty 1-year estimates) | The poverty data in this IBIS-Q query module have been extracted from the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (NEPHTN) API tool. The original source of the data is the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (The U.S. Census Bureau refers to counties as a "Small Area"). | Tong Zheng Public Health Assessment 801-538-6458 |
Yes |
| Smoke Days from Wildfires | These smoke day counts are available by year and month. National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Zones are used because of weather patterns and geological differences. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| Student Injury Reporting System | The Student Injury Reporting System tracks injuries that occur while traveling to and from school and during school time or school-related activities. | Gary Mower Violence and Injury Prevention Program 385-602-4171 |
Yes |
| Trauma Registry | The Trauma Registry comes from all acute care hospitals that operate in Utah. Each record represents a trauma patient who sustained an injury and met Utah's Trauma Registry inclusion criteria. Information on this data set can be found at https://www.utahtrauma.org/index.html. | Yukiko Yoneoka Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness 801-273-6667 |
Yes |
| Utah Violent Death Reporting System | The UTVDRS is a surveillance system that collects detailed facts from different sources about the same incident (suicides, homicides, deaths of undetermined intent, and drug overdoses). This information is collected from death certificates, medical examiner records, police reports, crime lab records, and supplemental homicide reports. Information on this data set can be found at http://www.health.utah.gov/vipp/topics/nvdrs/. | Gary Mower Violence and Injury Prevention Program 385-602-4171 |
Yes |
| Water | Average concentrations for 10 drinking water contaminants are based on samples taken from community water systems. Annual average concentrations are available for each community water system in the state. Data from seasonal and emergency sources are not included. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| Years of Potential Life Lost | Years of potential life lost (YPLL) can be used to distinguish the burden of premature death in populations. Unlike crude and standard age-adjusted measures, YPLL emphasizes underlying causes of premature death in a population. When calculating YPLL, greater weight is given to deaths at a younger age, while no weight is given to deaths at an age of 75 years or older. Deaths at younger ages are more likely due to preventable causes and can be decreased by intervention and education efforts. | Johnny Auld Environmental Epidemiology Program |
Yes |
| Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) | Survey conducted every two years with a sample of 9th-12th grade students. Asks questions about health behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems. Information on this data set can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm. | Wei Beadles Health Promotion 385-266-4529 |
Yes |
Content updated: December 2022
