IBIS-PH Complete Health Indicator Report (2024)

Definition

Life expectancy is an estimate of the expected average number of years of life (or a person's age at death) for individuals who were born into a particular population. The method developed by C.L. Chiang was used to compute life expectancy.

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Denominator

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Data Interpretation Issues

Life expectancy at birth is strongly influenced by infant and child mortality; life expectancy later in life reflects death rates at or above a given age and is independent of mortality at younger ages.

Why Is This Important?

Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a community. Life expectancy at birth measures health status across all age groups.Shifts in life expectancy are often used to describe trends in mortality. Being able to predict how populations will age has enormous implications for the planning and provision of services and support. Small increases in life expectancy translate into large increases in the population. As the life expectancy of a population lengthens, the number of people living with chronic illnesses tends to increase because chronic illnesses are more common among older persons.

Other Objectives

One of Utah's 42 Community Health Status IndicatorsOne of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Chronic Disease Indicators: "Life Expectancy at Birth"

How Are We Doing?

Prevention and control of infectious diseases have had a profound impact on life expectancy during the 20th century. In the United States, life expectancy at birth from 1900 to 2020 increased from 46.3 to 74.5 years for men, and from 48.3 to 80.2 years for women. In contrast to life expectancy at birth which increased sharply early in the century, life expectancy at age 65 improved primarily after 1950. Among men, life expectancy at age 65 rose from 12.0 to 17.4 years and among women from 15.0 to 20.1 years between 1950 and 2020. Improvements in nutrition, hygiene, and medical care contributed to decreases in death rates throughout the lifespan.

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

Women typically outlive men. Females born in Utah today can expect to live 80.1 years, and males born in Utah can expect to live 77.1 years. This becomes evident in later years as individuals survive from their early sixties into their eighties and older. The population of Utahns aged 65+ was 53.3% female and 46.7% male according to the 2020 population estimate IBIS version 2020.

What Is Being Done?

Now that people are living longer, it is important to look at ways that those added years can be lived in good health. Exercise, healthy diet and weight, not smoking, moderate use of alcohol, and injury prevention habits such as wearing seat belts all contribute to a healthy life span. Improvements in life expectancy increase the proportion of older individuals living in society. Policy-makers must be aware of this trend in order to provide viable and attractive options for elderly persons who require assistance with activities of daily living.

Related Relevant Population Characteristics Indicators:

Utah Population Characteristics: Age Distribution of the Population
Fair/poor health
Health status: mental health past 30 days
Health status: physical health past 30 days
Activity Limitation

Health Care System Factors

With increased life expectancy, the health system will need to respond to increasing numbers of older adults who are more likely to be living with chronic diseases.

Related Health Care System Factors Indicators:

Medical Assistance Expenditures

Risk Factors

Life expectancy at birth is strongly influenced by infant and child mortality.

Related Risk Factors Indicators:

Infant Mortality

Health Status Outcomes

As life expectancy increases, the number of people living with chronic disease and their effects also increases.

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicators:

Arthritis and Activity Limitation
Arthritis and Poor Mental Health
Arthritis Prevalence
Blood Cholesterol: Doctor-diagnosed High Cholesterol
Breast Cancer Incidence
Cervical Cancer Incidence
Colorectal Cancer Incidence
Diabetes Prevalence
Fall Injury (Unintentional)
Fair/poor health
Infant Mortality
Melanoma of the Skin Incidence

Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex, Utah and U.S., 1980-2020

In Utah, life expectancy at birth for males increased from 72.4 years in 1980 to 77.1 years in 2020, and for females from 78.6 to 80.9 years. In comparison, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. rose from 70.0 to 74.5 years for males, and from 77.4 to 80.2 years for females (from 1980 to 2020).

UT M, UT F, US M, US F	Year	Age in Years
Record Count: 164
Utah Males	1980	72.4
Utah Males	1981	72.7
Utah Males	1982	73.4
Utah Males	1983	73.9
Utah Males	1984	73.3
Utah Males	1985	73.6
Utah Males	1986	74.1
Utah Males	1987	74.4
Utah Males	1988	74.5
Utah Males	1989	74.8
Utah Males	1990	74.9
Utah Males	1991	75.0
Utah Males	1992	75.3
Utah Males	1993	74.9
Utah Males	1994	74.8
Utah Males	1995	75.2
Utah Males	1996	75.5
Utah Males	1997	75.5
Utah Males	1998	75.4
Utah Males	1999	75.6
Utah Males	2000	76.7
Utah Males	2001	76.8
Utah Males	2002	76.7
Utah Males	2003	76.8
Utah Males	2004	76.9
Utah Males	2005	77.5
Utah Males	2006	77.7
Utah Males	2007	77.6
Utah Males	2008	78.2
Utah Males	2009	78.4
Utah Males	2010	78.1
Utah Males	2011	78.4
Utah Males	2012	78.3
Utah Males	2013	78.2
Utah Males	2014	78.3
Utah Males	2015	78.1
Utah Males	2016	77.8
Utah Males	2017	78.0
Utah Males	2018	78.2
Utah Males	2019	78.4
Utah Males	2020	77.1
Utah Females	1980	78.6
Utah Females	1981	78.8
Utah Females	1982	78.7
Utah Females	1983	79.0
Utah Females	1984	79.2
Utah Females	1985	79.2
Utah Females	1986	79.6
Utah Females	1987	79.2
Utah Females	1988	79.3
Utah Females	1989	79.1
Utah Females	1990	80.1
Utah Females	1991	79.6
Utah Females	1992	80.0
Utah Females	1993	79.5
Utah Females	1994	79.8
Utah Females	1995	79.5
Utah Females	1996	79.9
Utah Females	1997	79.6
Utah Females	1998	79.6
Utah Females	1999	79.8
Utah Females	2000	80.8
Utah Females	2001	80.8
Utah Females	2002	80.7
Utah Females	2003	80.6
Utah Females	2004	81.0
Utah Females	2005	81.3
Utah Females	2006	81.3
Utah Females	2007	81.5
Utah Females	2008	81.9
Utah Females	2009	82.2
Utah Females	2010	82.2
Utah Females	2011	81.8
Utah Females	2012	81.9
Utah Females	2013	81.6
Utah Females	2014	81.5
Utah Females	2015	81.3
Utah Females	2016	81.6
Utah Females	2017	81.7
Utah Females	2018	81.9
Utah Females	2019	81.9
Utah Females	2020	80.9
U.S. Males	1980	70.0
U.S. Males	1981	70.4
U.S. Males	1982	70.8
U.S. Males	1983	71.0
U.S. Males	1984	71.1
U.S. Males	1985	70.1
U.S. Males	1986	71.2
U.S. Males	1987	71.4
U.S. Males	1988	71.4
U.S. Males	1989	71.7
U.S. Males	1990	71.8
U.S. Males	1991	72.0
U.S. Males	1992	72.3
U.S. Males	1993	72.2
U.S. Males	1994	72.4
U.S. Males	1995	72.5
U.S. Males	1996	73.1
U.S. Males	1997	73.6
U.S. Males	1998	73.8
U.S. Males	1999	73.9
U.S. Males	2000	74.1
U.S. Males	2001	74.3
U.S. Males	2002	74.4
U.S. Males	2003	74.5
U.S. Males	2004	75.0
U.S. Males	2005	75.0
U.S. Males	2006	75.2
U.S. Males	2007	75.5
U.S. Males	2008	75.6
U.S. Males	2009	76.0
U.S. Males	2010	76.2
U.S. Males	2011	76.3
U.S. Males	2012	76.4
U.S. Males	2013	76.4
U.S. Males	2014	76.5
U.S. Males	2015	76.3
U.S. Males	2016	76.2
U.S. Males	2017	76.1
U.S. Males	2018	76.2
U.S. Males	2019	76.3
U.S. Males	2020	74.5
U.S. Females	1980	77.4
U.S. Females	1981	77.8
U.S. Females	1982	78.1
U.S. Females	1983	78.1
U.S. Females	1984	78.2
U.S. Females	1985	78.2
U.S. Females	1986	78.2
U.S. Females	1987	78.3
U.S. Females	1988	78.3
U.S. Females	1989	78.5
U.S. Females	1990	78.8
U.S. Females	1991	78.9
U.S. Females	1992	79.1
U.S. Females	1993	78.8
U.S. Females	1994	79.0
U.S. Females	1995	78.9
U.S. Females	1996	79.1
U.S. Females	1997	79.4
U.S. Females	1998	79.5
U.S. Females	1999	79.4
U.S. Females	2000	79.3
U.S. Females	2001	79.5
U.S. Females	2002	79.6
U.S. Females	2003	79.7
U.S. Females	2004	80.1
U.S. Females	2005	80.1
U.S. Females	2006	80.3
U.S. Females	2007	80.6
U.S. Females	2008	80.6
U.S. Females	2009	80.9
U.S. Females	2010	81.0
U.S. Females	2011	81.1
U.S. Females	2012	81.2
U.S. Females	2013	81.2
U.S. Females	2014	81.3
U.S. Females	2015	81.1
U.S. Females	2016	81.1
U.S. Females	2017	81.1
U.S. Females	2018	81.2
U.S. Females	2019	81.4
U.S. Females	2020	80.2

Data Notes

Data Sources

Population Estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau, IBIS Version 2020
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Life Expectancy at Birth by Ethnicity, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

Life expectancy by ethnicity was calculated using death counts over a span of 5 years (2016-2020).

Hispanic Ethnicity	Age in Years	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Record Count: 4
Hispanic	82.5	82.2	82.7
Non-Hispanic	79.6	79.5	79.7
All Utahns	79.7	79.6	79.8
U.S.	77.3

Data Notes

Data Sources

Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties in Utah, U.S. Bureau of the Census, IBIS Version 2020
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
National Center for Health Statistics

Life Expectancy at Birth by Utah Small Area, 2016-2020, and U.S. 2020

Life expectancy by Utah Small Area was calculated using death counts over a span of 5 years (2016-2020).

Utah Small Areas	Age in Years	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Record Count: 104
Brigham City	77.4	76.6	78.2
Box Elder Co (Other) V2	79.4	78.3	80.4
Tremonton	80.2	79.3	79.3
Logan V2	81.3	80.7	81.9
North Logan	82.0	81.2	82.9
Cache (Other)/Rich (All) V2	81.0	80.1	81.8
Hyrum	80.0	78.6	81.3
Smithfield	81.7	80.7	82.8
Ben Lomond	77.1	76.6	77.7
Weber County (East)	81.4	80.8	82.0
Morgan County	80.7	79.7	81.7
Ogden (Downtown)	75.8	75.1	76.4
South Ogden	79.3	78.7	80.0
Roy/Hooper	78.8	78.2	79.4
Riverdale	78.3	77.5	79.1
Clearfield Area/Hooper	76.5	76.0	77.0
Layton/South Weber	79.5	79.1	79.9
Kaysville/Fruit Heights	82.2	81.6	82.9
Syracuse	79.4	80.2	80.2
Centerville	84.3	83.5	85.2
Farmington	82.1	81.2	82.9
North Salt Lake	82.7	81.7	83.8
Woods Cross/West Bountiful	79.0	77.9	80.1
Bountiful	81.1	80.5	81.7
SLC (Rose Park)	77.7	77.0	78.5
SLC (Avenues)	87.0	86.2	87.9
SLC (Foothill/East Bench)	85.4	84.6	86.2
Magna	75.3	74.4	76.1
SLC (Glendale) V2	75.2	74.3	76.2
West Valley (Center)	77.7	77.1	78.3
West Valley (West) V2	76.7	76.0	77.5
West Valley (East) V2	77.2	76.5	77.8
SLC (Downtown) V2	76.4	75.6	77.2
SLC (Southeast Liberty)	81.4	80.5	82.2
South Salt Lake	73.5	72.7	74.4
SLC (Sugar House)	79.1	78.3	79.9
Millcreek (South)	83.9	83.1	84.8
Millcreek (East)	81.9	81.1	82.7
Holladay V2	80.0	79.1	80.8
Cottonwood	82.5	81.9	83.1
Kearns V2	74.5	73.8	75.2
Taylorsville (E)/Murray (W)	77.9	77.2	78.6
Taylorsville (West)	78.8	78.2	79.4
Murray	78.4	77.7	79.1
Midvale	77.4	76.7	78.2
West Jordan (Northeast) V2	78.6	77.8	79.4
West Jordan (Southeast)	77.3	76.6	78.0
West Jordan (W)/Copperton	79.5	78.7	80.3
South Jordan V2	79.8	79.2	80.4
Daybreak	79.3	78.6	80.0
Sandy (West)	78.6	77.9	79.4
Sandy (Center) V2	81.4	80.6	82.2
Sandy (Northeast)	81.8	81.1	82.5
Sandy (Southeast)	82.7	82.0	83.5
Draper	79.8	79.2	80.4
Riverton/Bluffdale	80.3	79.6	80.9
Herriman	80.2	79.5	80.9
Tooele County (Other)	78.9	77.9	80.0
Tooele Valley	78.4	77.8	79.0
Eagle Mountain/Cedar Valley	80.4	79.4	81.3
Lehi	80.5	79.9	81.0
Saratoga Springs	84.3	83.4	85.3
American Fork	78.9	78.3	79.4
Alpine	82.2	81.1	83.4
Pleasant Grove/Lindon	79.6	79.1	80.2
Orem (North)	76.8	76.1	77.5
Orem (West)	81.5	80.8	82.3
Orem (East)	82.2	81.4	83.0
Provo/BYU	83.0	82.3	83.7
Provo (West City Center)	78.2	77.3	79.1
Provo (East City Center)	81.5	80.1	83.0
Salem City	82.8	81.4	84.1
Spanish Fork	78.5	77.8	79.1
Springville	79.7	78.9	80.4
Mapleton	79.9	78.7	81.0
Utah County (South) V2	77.6	76.6	78.7
Payson	77.9	77.2	78.7
Park City	86.4	85.6	87.2
Summit County (East)	79.5	78.3	80.6
Wasatch County	81.5	80.8	82.1
Daggett and Uintah County	76.0	75.3	76.8
duch*esne County	76.1	75.1	77.1
Nephi/Mona	78.6	77.3	80.0
Delta/Fillmore	79.9	78.6	81.3
Sanpete Valley	79.5	78.6	80.4
Central (Other)	77.7	76.8	78.5
Richfield/Monroe/Salina	77.7	76.6	78.7
Carbon County	75.3	74.4	76.3
Emery County	75.3	74.1	76.5
Grand County	78.4	77.0	79.8
Blanding/Monticello	80.1	78.5	81.6
San Juan County (Other)	78.5	76.7	80.3
St. George	80.8	80.3	81.2
Washington Co (Other) V2	80.7	79.3	82.0
Washington City	82.2	81.4	83.0
Hurricane/La Verkin	80.5	79.7	81.2
Ivins/Santa Clara	81.5	80.5	82.4
Cedar City	78.7	78.1	79.3
Southwest LHD (Other)	79.0	78.2	79.8
State of Utah	79.7	79.6	79.8
U.S.	77.3

Data Notes

The method developed by C.L. Chiang was used to compute life expectancy. [[br]] To get more information on Utah Small Area definitions, please go to [http://ibis.health.utah.gov/pdf/resource/UtahSmallAreaInfo.pdf].[[br]] U.S. 2020 estimate from U.S. 2020 data from NVSS Report No. 15 "Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2020" , July 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr015-508.pdf

Data Sources

Population estimates produced by the UDOH Center for Health Data and Informatics. Linear interpolation of U.S. Census Bureau and ESRI ZIP Code data provided annual population estimates for ZIP Code areas by sex and age groups, IBIS Version 2020
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
National Center for Health Statistics

Life Expectancy at Birth by Local Health District, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

LHD life expectancy was calculated using death counts over a span of 5 years (2016-2020).

Local Health District	Age in Years	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Record Count: 15
Bear River	80.5	80.2	80.8
Central	78.7	78.2	79.2
Davis County	80.3	80.1	80.5
Salt Lake County	79.2	79.1	79.3
San Juan	77.0	75.7	78.3
Southeast	76.3	75.6	77.0
Southwest	81.1	80.9	81.4
Summit	84.7	84.0	85.3
Tooele	78.3	77.8	78.9
TriCounty	76.6	76.0	77.2
Utah County	80.3	80.1	80.5
Wasatch	81.6	80.9	82.2
Weber-Morgan	78.2	77.9	78.4
State of Utah	79.7	79.6	79.8
U.S.	77.3

Data Notes

The method developed by C.L. Chiang was used to compute life expectancy. [[br]][[br]]U.S. 2020 estimate from U.S. 2020 data from NVSS Report No. 15 "Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2020" , July 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr015-508.pdfU.S. 2018 estimate from U.S. 2018 data from NCHS Data Brief No. 355 January 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db355-h.pdf

Data Sources

Population Estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau, IBIS Version 2020
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
National Center for Health Statistics

Life Expectancy at Birth by Race, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

Life expectancy by race was calculated using death counts over a span of 5 years (2016-2020).

Race	Age in Years	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Record Count: 7
American Indian/Native Alaskan	76.9	76.1	77.7
Asian	86.6	86.1	87.2
Black	76.1	75.2	77.0
Pacific Islander	74.2	73.3	75.1
White	79.8	79.8	79.9
All Races	79.7	79.6	79.8
U.S.	77.3

Data Notes

Data Sources

Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties in Utah, U.S. Bureau of the Census, IBIS Version 2020
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
National Center for Health Statistics

IBIS-PH Complete Health Indicator Report (2024)

Definition

Numerator

Denominator

Data Interpretation Issues

Why Is This Important?

Other Objectives

How Are We Doing?

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

What Is Being Done?

Related Relevant Population Characteristics Indicators:

Health Care System Factors

Related Health Care System Factors Indicators:

Risk Factors

Related Risk Factors Indicators:

Health Status Outcomes

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicators:

Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex, Utah and U.S., 1980-2020

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Life Expectancy at Birth by Ethnicity, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

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Life Expectancy at Birth by Utah Small Area, 2016-2020, and U.S. 2020

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Life Expectancy at Birth by Local Health District, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

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Life Expectancy at Birth by Race, Utah, 2016-2020 and U.S. 2020

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