Utah by the numbers

Percentage who rate their health as excellent: 26.4 percent

Percentage who rate their health as poor: 2.4 percent

Percentage who are overweight by body-mass index: 35 percent

Percentage who say mental health not good at least one day in past 30 days: 41.5 percent

Percentage who have engaged in some leisure time physical activity in past 30 days: 84.5 percent

Percentage who currently smoke: 12.9 percent

What Utah ranks No. 1 in:

Smoke-free job sites

Current non-smokers

Highest average elevation

Youngest median age

Percentage who are 17 and under

Percentage of Christian adherents

Most likely to have engaged in leisure time physical activity in past 30 days

Percentage who are bilingual

Percentage of driving that is on interstates

Surface water pollution

Birthrate

Percentage change in home prices between 1994 and 1999

MS cases per capita

What Utah ranks last in:

Percentage of babyboomers

Percentage of Methodists

Percentage of students in private schools K-12

Spending per student in public schools

Alcohol consumption per capita

Families headed by a single parent

Births to unwed mothers

* Equivalent to 38,000 12-ounce cans

SOURCES: Boy Scouts of America, Institute for Brewing Studies, International Ice Cream Association, LDS Church, National Funeral Directors Association, Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, U.S. Census, Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, Utah Department of Agriculture, Utah Department of Commerce, Utah Department of Health, Utah Film Commission, Utah Tax Commission, Vital Statistics, Brigham Young University, EPA, "The New Book of American Rankiings" (1998), "Congressional Quarterly State Fact Finder, 2001."

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