COLORADO
Ranking:
Colorado is 16th this year, unchanged from 2006.
Strengths:
Strengths
include a low prevalence of obesity at 18.2 percent of the
population, few poor physical health days per month at 2.9 days in
the previous 30 days, a low rate of cancer deaths at 176.8 deaths
per 100,000 population and a low rate of preventable
hospitalizations with 56.2 discharges per 1,000 Medicare
enrollees.
Challenges: Challenges
include limited access to adequate prenatal care with 68.6 percent
of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care, a high rate of
uninsured population at 17.2 percent and low per capita public
health spending at $92 per person. Colorado ranks lower for
health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that
overall healthiness may decline over time.
Significant
Changes:
↑
In the past year, the occupational fatalities rate increased from
5.0 to 6.2 deaths per 100,000 workers.
↓ In the last
year, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 19.8 percent to
17.9 percent of the population.
↑ Since 1990,
the prevalence of obesity increased from 6.9 percent to 18.2
percent of the population.
↑ Since 1990,
the rate of uninsured population increased from 12.8 percent to
17.2 percent.
Health
Disparities:
In Colorado,
blacks experience 47 percent more premature death than whites. In
the large metropolitan areas, residents in the central counties
experience 45 percent more premature death than residents in the
fringe counties.
State Health
Department Web Site:
www.cdphe.state.co.us/
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