Organizations that track, profile or rank the health of Colorado.
State Profiles: Reforming the Health Care System 2003 (1.63 MB pdf)
This compilation of state profiles offers readers a snapshot of each state's health care landscape by providing comparable state-level and national data for nearly 100 indicators. Also included are state rankings for nearly every health care indicator and state maps on current health care reform issues.
Colorado’s profile (159 KB pdf)
State Snapshots (html)
Based on AHRQ's 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report, these snapshots provide state-specific health care quality information on types of care, settings of care, five specific conditions and overall health care quality. Strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement are included. For the most recent data year, Colorado's (html) performance for all measures is in the average range, down from "strong" previously.
The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine 2006 (5.2 MB pdf)
This first emergency medicine “report card” is an assessment of the support that each state provides for its emergency medicine system. Measurements were weighted and aggregated, and grades were assigned based on a comparison to the best state’s performance in four categories: Access to Emergency Care, Quality and Patient Safety, Public Health and Injury Prevention, and Medical Liability Environment.
Colorado’s report card (144 KB pdf)
CareerOneStop (html) is an integrated suite of national Web sites that help businesses, job seekers, students and workforce professionals find employment and career resources. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, the site includes a State Information section including State Profiles, where you can find state demographic, employment and services data; and Labor Market Information, with Web site links to state and national career and labor market information offices in a state.
Colorado's profile (html)
Colorado's labor market information (html)
The 2007 diabetes calculator (html) from the American Diabetes Association estimates the economics cost of diabetes in the nation, each state and each congressional district. The total cost of diabetes for people in Colorado in 2006 was estimated at $2.5 million, including both medical costs and lost productivity.
Colorado's profile by state or congressional district. (html)
Saving Lives, Saving Money II (1.05 MB pdf)
U.S. Medicaid expenditure would be $9.7 billion lower if all current smokers in the Medicaid system successfully quit, according to this 2007 look at state spending and smoking. The report estimates Colorado could save $1.8 million in annual Medicaid expenses.
The American Lung Association 2007 State of Tobacco Control (html) report tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the state and federal level and assigns grades to tobacco control laws and regulations enacted as of January 1, 2008.
Colorado's summary (html)
Colorado's report card (html)
Kids Count (html)
National trends in child well-being have improved slightly since 2000, according to the 2008 version of this publication. Colorado, however, dropped from 22nd among states in 2001-02 to 28th in 2005-06.
Colorado's Profile (html)
Data Snapshot: One Out of Five U.S. Children is Living in an Immigrant Family (html)
Among the 50 states, California (47 percent), Nevada (32 percent), New York (32 percent), Texas (30 percent) and New Jersey (30 percent) had the highest proportions of immigrant children in 2005, according to Kids Count. Colorado ranked 13th, with 20 percent of its children in immigrant families.
State Initiatives (html)
This site looks at how states are using their tobacco settlement funds. Tables provide FY06 rankings of state funding for tobacco prevention and trends in state tobacco-prevention spending vs. state tobacco revenues. An interactive map provides a detailed look at tax and tobacco settlement revenues, and spending for prevention efforts in each state and the District of Columbia.
Colorado's profile (html)
American FactFinder (html)
American FactFinder provides data in the form of maps, tables and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources. Get a profile of social, economic and housing characteristics of Colorado or a city/town, county or ZIP code.
Colorado's profile (html)
School Foods Report Card 2007 (366 KB pdf)
CSPI reported in late 2007 that two-thirds of the states have weak policies related to school nutrition. Colorado received a C-.
Chronic Disease Prevention State Profiles (html)
This site includes information such as fact sheets, funding, legislation, reports, state-based programs and projects, statistics and data for each state.
Colorado's profile (html)
State Oral Health Profiles (html)
The National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) is a collaborative effort between CDC's Division of Oral Health and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. NOHSS monitors the burden of oral disease, use of the oral health care delivery system, and the status of community water fluoridation on both national and state levels.
Colorado's profile (html)
The State of Aging and Health in America, 2007 (4.50 MB pdf)
This report assesses the health status and health behaviors of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older and makes recommendations to improve the mental and physical health of all Americans in their later years. The report includes national- and state-based report cards that examine 15 key indicators of older adult health, recommended strategies to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and state examples that highlight innovative healthy aging efforts at the state and community levels.
Colorado's profile (html)
The State of Aging and Health in America, 2007 (4.50 MB pdf)
This report assesses the health status and health behaviors of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older and makes recommendations to improve the mental and physical health of all Americans in their later years. The report includes national- and state-based report cards that examine 15 key indicators of older adult health, recommended strategies to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and state examples that highlight innovative healthy aging efforts at the state and community levels.
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Children in Colorado (html)
This report shows where Colorado ranks on various measures such as child poverty and low birth-weight babies and looks at statistics on hunger, welfare and health, among other issues.
The Colorado Health Report Card (html)
Developed in conjunction with CHI, the 2007 Colorado Health Report Card, plus additional information on this Web site, shows how the state is doing on a wide range of health measures and what it needs to do to become the healthiest state in the nation.
2006 report card
This June 2007 State Scorecard follows the fund's national report (see below) by assessing state variations across key dimensions of health system performance: access, quality, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity and healthy lives. Colorado placed 30th in quality, 35th in access and 43rd in equity.
Colorado's profile (html)
U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard (html)
This May 2008 report ranks states on factors such as children’s access, cost, quality, equity and potential to lead healthy lives and finds abundant opportunities for all to improve. Overall, Colorado ranked 34th, performing best on children’s potential to lead healthy lives (5th) and worst on access (48th).
State & Regional Profiles for Selected Child Health Measures (two national surveys)
This site presents findings from the National Survey of Children’s Health (html), 2003. Included are findings on health status, health care, school and activities, family and neighborhood.
Colorado’s profile (html)
Also available on this site is the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2001 (html). Prevalence statistics and indicators are included for each state.
Colorado’s special needs profile (html)
V.A. Hospital Quality Report (486 KB pdf)
This 2008 report to the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee shows how Colorado’s VA hospital compares to others in waiting times, staffing levels, infection rates, surgical volumes, quality measures, patient satisfaction, service availability and complexity, accreditation status and patient safety.
Failing Grades: State Consumer Protections in the Individual Health Insurance Market (html)
Families USA surveyed all state insurance departments and compiled information on the laws that each state has in place to protect consumers in the individual market. This June 2008 report compares laws affecting availability of coverage, premiums, pre-existing conditions and other issues.
State scorecard (161 KB pdf)
Too Great a Burden: America's Families at Risk (235 KB pdf)
More than 1 million Coloradans are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care costs in 2008, and the majority of them (nearly 83 percent) have health insurance, Families USA reported in late 2007 in a document that looked at health care costs for 14 states.
Colorado's profile (165 KB pdf)
The Oral Health of Children: A Portrait of the States and Nation 2005 (html)
Based on data from the National Survey of Children's Health, this site includes national- and state-level information on the health and well-being of children and their use of health services, including oral health and dental care.
Colorado’s data (html)
2005 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State (html)
An interactive map provides national and state-by-state data on immigrant populations from the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses and the 2006 and 2005 American Community Surveys (ACS).
Colorado’s rankings (html)
In 2006, NAMI released the a state-by-state analysis of mental health care systems (html). Every U.S. state was scored on 39 specific criteria resulting in an overall grade and four sub-category grades for each state. The national average grade was D; Colorado got a U for unsatisfactory.
Colorado's profile (html)
National Report Card on Women's Health (html)
This fall 2007 report card gives Colorado a grade of Unsatisfactory in women's health, although the state ranked sixth overall. No state received an overall grade of Satisfactory and the nation as a whole also received a U. Colorado scored second for high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity but was 42nd in first trimester prenatal care and 39th in the percent of women receiving mammograms.
Colorado's profile (html)
Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card 2004 (html)
This report uses the Healthy People 2010 objectives to assess women’s health and finds the nation and many states lacking. Colorado comes in seventh overall.
Colorado’s report card (161 KB pdf)
2006 Report on Doctor Disciplinary Information on State Web Sites: A Survey and Ranking of State Medical and Osteopathic Board Web Sites (html)
Compares all state board Web sites by rank and score, physician-identifying information, state disciplinary action information, hospital disciplinary actions, malpractice information, conviction information, federal disciplinary actions, medical board Web site search capabilities and other Web site items.
Colorado Board Report Card (html)
Unsettling Scores: A Ranking of State Medicaid Programs (html)
Colorado ranks 43rd in the nation for Medicaid programs by eligibility, scope of services, quality of service and reimbursement, says this report from Public Citizen. Provider reimbursement is the only category in which the state is not in the bottom quarter.
Colorado's profile (html)
StateMaster (html)
StateMaster, an independent Web site, compiles information from various primary sources and ranks the states on numerous topics, including dozens of health-related ones ranging from diseases to spending to nursing home occupancy rates. It also profiles each state in several areas.
Colorado’s profile (html)
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2007 (1.96 MB pdf)
Two-thirds of American adults are either overweight or obese, says the 2007 edition of this annual report. Although Colorado is still the leanest state, it is losing ground. Adult obesity rates in the state increased from 16.9 percent to 17.6 percent in the past year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set a national goal aiming to reduce adult obesity levels to 15 percent in every state by the year 2010.
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism (html)
For five years, the Trust for America's Health has graded states on key indicators of health emergency preparedness, such as capability to test for biological threats and having a disease tracking system. In 2007, Colorado was one of 15 states with nine of 10 indicators, up from 2006 in which Colorado was one of 13 states with six of 10 indicators.
Colorado's report (html)
Shortchanging America’s Health: A State-By-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent, 2006 (html)
Reviews key health statistics and key federal public health funding on a state-by-state level.
Colorado’s profile (html)
The State of Your Health: Colorado (html)
This ranking looks at how Colorado compares to other states in adult and children’s health, emergency preparedness, public health and other indicators. It combines indicators from some of TFAH’s reports.
America's Health Rankings™2007: A Call to Action for People and Their Communities (html)
In its annual ranking of the nation and states, America's Health Rankings™ looks at several public health components – personal behaviors, community environment, and health policies and services – and at the overall health outcomes. In 2007, Colorado ranked 16th in the nation, the same as last year, receiving high marks for low prevalence of obesity, low rates of cancer deaths and preventable hospitalizations, and few poor physical health days. The report noted, however, that because Colorado ranks lower for health determinants than for health outcomes, overall healthiness may decline over time.
Colorado’s profile (html)
The 2008 Statistical Abstract: Health and Nutrition (html)
Presents statistics on health expenditures and insurance coverage, medical personnel, hospitals, nursing homes and other care facilities, injuries, diseases, disability status, nutritional intake of the population, and food consumption.
Women’s Health and Mortality Chartbook (html)
This statistical resource on women’s health in each of the states looks at 27 indicators and how states compare on each one.
Colorado's profile (html)
2008 State Report on Cervical Cancer Prevention (html)
Colorado is among 31 states rated "good" in its efforts to prevent cervical cancer, according to a 2008 report from Women in Government, a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of women state legislators. About 85 percent of Colorado women were screened for cervical cancer in 2003 or 2004.
Colorado's profile (44 KB pdf)
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