Skip directly to searchSkip directly to the site navigationSkip directly to the page's main content

Important Facts for Utah Population Characteristics: Age Distribution of the Population

Definition

The percentage of persons in each age group.

Numerator

Number of persons in age group.

Denominator

Total population size.

Data Interpretation Issues

Because many diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, are less common among younger persons, the Utah population is healthier than the U.S. population. In order to remove the "age effect," health data are often age-adjusted for presentation in reports.

Why Is This Important?

People's age, sex, culture, and living and working conditions affect their health in important ways that must be considered in planning for the public health of the population. Having a large percentage of the population made up of young children emphasizes the importance of making available key preventive health measures (e.g. immunizations) and age-appropriate screenings to identify developmental delays at a time when treatment is most effective.

Other Objectives

Utah Objectives include: ====Public Health Outcome Measures Report:==== [https://ibis.health.utah.gov/ibisph-view/report/phom/Introduction.html]

How Are We Doing?

Utahns, on a percentage basis, are on average younger than the rest of the U.S. population. According to the Census Bureau 2018 Population Estimates Program, Utah had the youngest state population in the U.S. with a median age of 31 years versus 38.2 years nationally.

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, in 2018, 29.5% of the Utah estimated population were under age 18, compared with 22.4% of the total U.S. population.
Division of Data, Systems, and Evaluation, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2101, Telephone: Email: dse@utah.gov
The information provided above is from the Department of Health's Center for Health Data IBIS-PH web site (http://ibis.health.state.gov). The information published on this website may be reproduced without permission. Please use the following citation: " Retrieved Fri, 29 September 2023 0:55:38 from Department of Health, Center for Health Data, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health Web site: http://ibis.health.state.gov ".

Content updated: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:58:38 MST