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Colorado (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Colorado is 8th this year; it was 14th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low prevalence of obesity at 19.1 percent of the population, low levels of air pollution at 7.7 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter, few poor mental and physical health days per month at 3.0 days and 3.2 days in the previous 30 days, respectively, low rates of deaths from cancer and cardiovascular disease at 166.1 deaths and 235.1 deaths per 100,000 population, respectively, and a low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 53.7 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 16.6 percent of the population, a high rate of uninsured population at 16.1 percent and high geographic disparity within the state at 15.8 percent.
Significant Changes:
 In the last year, public health funding increased from $74 to $88 per person.  In the last year, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease declined from 247.0 to 235.1 deaths per 100,000 population. In the past five years, immunization coverage increased from 67.5 percent to 80.7 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. In the past ten years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 22.8 percent to 17.6 percent of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Colorado, smoking is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 25.2 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 16.5 percent. Mortality rates vary by race and ethnicity in Colorado, with 835.3 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to whites, who experience 748.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site: www.cdphe.state.co.us
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New! Supplemental Measures
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America’s Health Rankings™ have been expanded to include 15 more state-specific measures of health, from Daily Vegetable and Fruit intake to Incidence of High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. GO
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| Colorado - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 75.5 | 29 | - | - | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 19.1 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 17.6 | 20 | 28.6 | 16 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 16.6 | 33 | - | - | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 5.7 | 28 | 11.5 | 33 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 10.1 | 19 | 32.0 | 27 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 7.7 | 8 | - | - | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 14.4 | 15 | 21.7 | 35 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 343 | 25 | 468 | 30 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 16.1 | 37 | - | - | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 80.7 | 10 | - | - | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $87 | 17 | $- | - | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 64.5 | 40 | - | - | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 53.7 | 6 | - | - | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 116.1 | 23 | - | - | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 6429 | 11 | 7353 | 11 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.2 | 8 | - | - | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 6.1 | 16 | 9.2 | 14 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.0 | 9 | - | - | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 15.8 | 43 | - | - | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 166.1 | 3 | 164.0 | 3 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 235.1 | 4 | 332.4 | 3 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.408 | 9 | 0.173 | 22 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.199 | 13 | 0.615 | 5 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.606 | 8 | 0.788 | 10 | 1.064 |
| Colorado - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 73.8 | 29 | - | - | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 68.4 | 33 | - | - | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 25.8 | 17 | - | - | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 81.1 | 2 | - | - | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 1.8 | 1 | - | - | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 33.5 | 3 | - | - | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 21.2 | 2 | - | - | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 2.9 | 1 | - | - | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 2.7 | 1 | - | - | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 6.0 | 2 | - | - | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $42377 | 13 | $18515 | 19 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 9.2 | 21 | - | - | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 4.9 | 20 | 5.6 | 34 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $60943 | 9 | $44941 | 29 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 7.3 | 16 | 5.1 | 18 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 13.3 | 17 | - | - | 10.7 |
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