Logan Library: Community Profile - Health and Social Characteristics

Community Profile

Health and Social Characteristics

Quick Facts

Logan, 2008:
Life expectancy at birth:	81.6
Cache County:
Birth rate, 2008:	22.5 per 1,000
Death rate, 2008:	3.9 per 1,000
Marriage rate, 2007:	12.5 per 1,000
Divorce rate, 2007:	4.3 per 1,000

Source:
      IBIS-PH: Utah's Public Health Data Resource
      Utah's Vital Statistics: Births & Deaths 2006
      Utah's Vital Statistics: Marriages & Divorces 2005

Health Indicators: Cache County, 2003 - 2007

Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester	80.4
Percent low birth weight babies	5.9
Infant mortality per 1000 live births	3.7
Injury deaths to children age 1-9 per 100,000	36

Source:
Measures of Child Well Being in Utah, 2009

Top Ten Leading Causes of Death:
Cache County, 2004-2008

1	Diseases of heart
2	Malignant neoplasms
3	Unintentional injuries
4	Cerebrovascular diseases
5	Alzheimer's disease
6	Diabetes mellitus
7	Chronic lower respiratory diseases
8	Influenza and pneumonia
9	Intentional self-harm (suicide)
10	Parkinson's disease

Source:
IBIS-PH: Utah's Public Health Data Resource

Health Insurance Coverage: Cache County, 2006

Age Group	Insured	Uninsured	Percent Uninsured
All Ages	79,143	19,504	19.8%
Under Age 18	31,747	4,228	11.8%

Source:
U.S. Census Bureau: Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

Marital Status: Logan and Cache County, 2000

Status	Logan	Cache County
Never Married	41.1%	33.4%
Currently Married	48.8%	57.3%
Separated	0.8%	0.7%
Widowed	3.7%	3.7%
Divorced	5.7%	4.9%

Source:
U.S. Census: American FactFinder

More Information

Bear River Association of Governments: BRAG - Information about BRAG and BRAG services including housing programs, aging services, community and economic development programs, and family and human services.
Bear River Health Department - Information on services offered by the local health department.
Cache Valley Specialty Hospital - Official website of the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital provides information on services, medical staff and insurance.
IBIS-PH: Utah's Indicator Based Information System for Public Health - Health and health care statistics for the state of Utah including a searchable database of public health data.
Logan Regional Hospital - Official web site of the Logan Regional Hospital provides information about services, doctors and the facility.
MyHealthCare in Utah - Contains reports on individual hospital treatment records and procedure prices in Utah along with performance reports for Utah health plans.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006 - U.S. Census Bureau publication with statistics for U.S. states, counties and metropolitan areas. Contains facts on population, health, housing, income, business and government.
Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau publication with data for the entire United States covering topics such as population, agriculture, business, housing, education, government, geography, health, income and transportation.
Utah Office of Health Care Statistics - Statistics and reports on health care related issues in Utah.
Utah Office of Vital Statistics and Records - Statistics on marriages and divorces, abortions, births and deaths and mortality.
Utah Priorities - A Utah Foundation project that publishes regular reports on topics of interest to Utahans including, education, jobs and economic development, healthcare, crime and security and taxes.