Child Health

The child health topic indicators display prevalence of health conditions among
infants, children, and adolescents. It includes basic demographics such as child population, birth
information, child care, and physical activity. Health intervention and prevention information
related to screenings and immunizations is listed. This topic area also has information related to
health issues such as birth defects, oral health, injuries, developmental delays, diseases, weight
concerns, and substance use.
A goal of child public health is to improve "the extent to which individual children or groups of
children are able or enabled to (a) develop and realize their potential, (b) satisfy their needs,
and (c) develop the capacities that allow them to interact successfully with their biological,
physical, and social environments."1
Why It's Important
Early detection and intervention can help improve management of chronic health conditions or prevent long term health issues into adulthood. Targeting child health is considered important in order to eventually achieve a healthy adult population.All Children
- Utah population characteristics: Poverty, children age 17 and under
- Asthma: Child prevalence
- Asthma management
- Blood lead in children
- Child injury deaths
- Diabetes prevalence among Utah youth
- Environmental burden of Childhood Diseases
- Immunizations - Influenza, children and teens
Infants
- Birth defects: Infant mortality
- Birth defects: Overall
- Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) screening
- Infant mortality
- Infant safe sleep
- Low birth weight
- Newborn hearing screening
- Newborn Heelstick Screening
- Preterm Birth
Young Children
- Child Care Numbers of Facilities
- Dental Caries Experience: Children Aged 6-9
- Dental Disease: Untreated Decay in Children Age 6-9
- Dental Sealants: Children Age 6-9
- Immunizations - Recommended Immunizations by Age 24 Months
- Obesity Among Children and Adolescents
- Overweight WIC Children
Adolescents
Births to Adolescents
- Adolescent Births - Girls Age 10-14
- Adolescent Births - Girls Age 15-17
- Adolescent Births - Girls Age 18-19
- Adolescent Births - Girls Age 15-19
Birth data (infant birth weight, pre-term births)
Fetal/Infant/Neonatal Mortality
- Fetal Mortality Selections
- Infant Mortality Selections (includes fetal, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality)
Infant Characteristics (PRAMS)
Birth Defects
Adolescent Behavior (YRBS)
Student Injury
Childhood Blood Lead Level
- October 2020 Spotlight: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Prevalence Estimates in Utah
- October 2020 Spotlight: COVID-19 and the Return to Schools
- March 2020 Spotlight: Children's Hearing Aid Program (CHAP)
- Utah School Health Profiles 2018
- February 2020 Health Status Update: Vaping and the Increased Risk for Youth Nicotine Addiction
- January 2020 Health Status Update: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Ten Years of Data: 2007-2016
- November 2019 Spotlight: Utah Levels of Neonatal and Maternal Care
- October 2019 Health Status Update: 2018 Pediatric Emergency Update
- Concussions in Utah Schools
- September 2019 Health Status Update: Investigation of Elevated Childhood Blood Lead Levels in Salt Lake County, 2008-2017
- Special Edition Utah Health Status Update: Vaccination Status and School Type of Outbreak-related Varicella Cases in Schools, Utah, 2011-2016
- Drowning in Utah 2019 Fact Sheet
- Special Edition Spotlight: Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) Screening in Utah
- Special Edition Spotlight: Testing Infants Who Do Not Pass Newborn Hearing Screening(s) for a Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
- April 2018 Breaking News: Autism Prevalence
- Special Edition Breaking News: Investigation of an Increased Incidence of Early Onset Group B Streptococcus Infections in Utah
- Neural Tube Defects in Utah, 1995-2015
- December 2018 Health Status Update: Seal Your Smile School-based Sealant Program: Addressing Oral Health Disparities in Children
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2017 Results
- Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Utah, 2018
- Childhood Overweight in Davis County, 2018
- November 2018 Health Status Update: Impact of Social and Emotional Development on Health
- November 2018 Breaking News: Reducing Preterm Birth
- October 2018 Utah Health Status Update: Adolescent Health Trends
- 2017 Utah Adolescent Health Report
- Child Injuries and Deaths, Utah, 2014-2016
- Drowning in Utah 2018 Factsheet
- Utah Youth Smoking Trends
- Vape Product Experimentation and Use
- Nicotine and the Developing Brain
- April 2018 Utah Health Status Update: It Takes a Village: Addressing Infant Mortality Disparities by Giving Utah Pacific Islander Babies the Best Chance
- April 2018 Breaking News: Developmental Screening Practices in Utah