Help Page
Use this page to help answer questions you may have as you use this website.
These resources help explain terms and acronyms that may be unfamiliar to users.
Utah Small Areas are used to report data at the community level. Area boundaries are based on criteria such as population size, political boundaries of cities/towns, and economic similarity. Use these resources to learn more about the Utah Small Areas. Click on a tab to show more information for each topic.
Use these resources to find specific information about the data available through the data query system.
Use these resources to learn more about how statistical measures are calculated on this website.
The Utah Department of Health makes public health data available while protecting the confidentiality of the data and the privacy of individuals. For more information on this topic, please use the following resources:
Website Tutorials
- Tutorials - Utah EPHT website usage tutorials
What Is An Indicator Report?
How Do I Use Data Queries?
- Query System Overview
- Query System Contents and Usage
- Tips for Using the Data Query System
- IBIS-PH Query System Workbook (PDF)
These resources help explain terms and acronyms that may be unfamiliar to users.
- Glossary of Terms/Definitions (PDF)
- Health Literacy and Plain Language resources - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Utah Small Areas are used to report data at the community level. Area boundaries are based on criteria such as population size, political boundaries of cities/towns, and economic similarity. Use these resources to learn more about the Utah Small Areas. Click on a tab to show more information for each topic.
- Geographic Areas Available for Health Reporting Summary Document (PDF)
- Boundary Definitions for Utah Small Areas (PDF)
- Utah Small Area Methodology Paper
Use these resources to find specific information about the data available through the data query system.
- Data Query Index - View all of the data queries available on this website
- Metadata Index - View metadata for all data sources
- Contact Us - Please contact us if you have any other questions
Cancer Registry
Hospital and Emergency Department
- Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC) Code List
- Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Code List
- Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) Code List
- Ambulatory Care Sensitive (ACS) Conditions
Mortality, Hospital and Emergency Department
- ICD (International Classification of Diseases) Codes
- ICD (International Classification of Diseases) Information
- NCHS Selected 50 Leading Causes of Death
- NCHS Selected 113 Leading Causes of Death
- Injury Matrix for ICD-9 codes
- Injury Matrix for ICD-10 codes
- Mortality Comparability-Modified Rates
Infant and Fetal Mortality
Population
Use these resources to learn more about how statistical measures are calculated on this website.
- Counts, Computing Rates, and Age Adjustment
- Age Adjustment Weights
- Confidence Intervals in Public Health (PDF)
- Statistical Glossary
- Report of Guidelines for Data Result Suppression (PDF)
The Utah Department of Health makes public health data available while protecting the confidentiality of the data and the privacy of individuals. For more information on this topic, please use the following resources:
