Utah has the lowest teen pregnancy rate and the lowest abortion rate in the United States.

Utah produces more scientists per capita than any other state.

Utah was ranked as the #1 best state in which to raise children.

Utah ranked 3rd nationwide as the best place for children.

Utah has the fewest births to unwed mothers.

Utah's birthrate is highest in the nation.

LDS women are more likely to graduate from college than Catholic or Protestant women, but less likely than Jewish or nonaffiliated women.

LDS women are more likely to be employed in professional occupations than Catholic or Protestant women.

Utah spends a larger percentage of state dollars on education than any other state.

Utah has the lowest per-capita alcohol consumption.

Utah has the lowest smoking rate in the U.S.

Provo was ranked the number 1 healthiest city in the country for women.

Utah was ranked at or near the bottom in live births to teens, cases of gonorrhea among men.

Young Mormon men living in Utah who closely adhere to the dictates of their faith are less likely to commit suicide than their peers who are less active in the church.

In a ranking of "Family Values", based on marriage rate, divorce rate, suicide rate, AIDS rate data from the World Almanac of the U.S.A. Utah was ranked 4th best in the nation.

Utah has fewer people per capita in prison.

Utahns rank first among all U.S. states in the proportion of income given to charity by the wealthy.

Utah was ranked 7th academically in the nation, despite the fact that the state spent less money than most other states.

Utah ranked first in the nation in both AP exams taken and exams passed on a per capita basis.

Utah has the third highest high school graduation rates in the nation.

Couples in which both partners are Latter-day Saints (and who marry in a Latter-day Saint temple) have the lowest divorce rate among all U.S. social and religious groups studied.

Salt Lake City is ranked first among U.S. cities in proportion of households with personal computers.

As Latter-day Saints become more educated, they are more likely to be active Church participants, a trend opposite what is found in most denominations.

The 1999 Places Rated Almanac ranked the Salt Lake City-Ogden metro area as the best place to live in North America.

In November 2000, Money Magazine ranked Salt Lake City as the "West's most livable metropolis."

Utah ranks last among all states in the proportion of young men and women signing up for military services.

Utah has the largest average family size in the country.

Salt Lake City has long been ranked number one among U.S. cities in Jell-O consumption.

In a literary survey of novels which have won the highest awards in science fiction, the Hugo or Nebula award, twenty-five percent (25%) had Latter-day Saint characters or Utah/Latter-day Saint references.

Utah ranked first for the youngest total population.

Utah ranked fourth for the highest population of persons age 25 and over with a high school degree at minimum.

Utah ranked 11th for the highest population of persons age 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher.

Utah ranked fifth for the highest percentage of ninth-grade students who graduated within four years.

Utah ranked first for the lowest risk for heart disease.

Utah ranked first for the lowest number of cancer cases.

Utah ranked first for the lowest number of work days missed within a 30-day period due to physical or mental illness.

Utah ranked second for the lowest overall death rate.

Utah ranked second for lowest number of heart-disease mortalities.

Utah ranked third for best overall health in 2000.

Utah ranked fourth for the lowest infant mortality, and fifth in the nation for lowest total mortality.

Utah ranked ninth in the nation for lowest premature death.

Utah ranked 12th for the lowest crime rate

15- to 34-year-old males in Utah have had suicide rates markedly higher than those seen nationally.

When a Mormon marries outside his or her denomination, the divorce rate soars to 40 percent.

The general Latter-day Saint divorce rate is at or slightly lower than the national average for all marriages in which both partners are Latter-day Saints.