STATE PROFILE: COLORADO
PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
COLORADO: 17.9%
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
COLORADO 27.6
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 48
2005 COLORADO RATE 27.1
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.5
EARLY PRENATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
COLORADO 80.1
37-STATE, D.C., AND NEW YORK CITY REPORTING AREA 83.9
2004 COLORADO RATE 80.2
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.1
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
COLORADO 25.3
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 45
2005 COLORADO RATE 24.6
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.7
PRETERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
COLORADO 12.2
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 30
2005 COLORADO RATE 12.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 -0.1
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
COLORADO 43.6
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 20
2005
COLORADO RATE
42.6
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.2
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
COLORADO 8.9
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 9 (tie)
2005 COLORADO RATE 9.2
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 -0.3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
COLORADO 6.27
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 32
2004 COLORADO RATE 6.11
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.16
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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 6,307
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 162.0
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 48
2004 COLORADO RATE
162.7
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.7
2. CANCER
DEATHS 6,395
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 159.6
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 48
2004 COLORADO RATE 160.1
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.6
3. STROKE
DEATHS 1,599
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 41.7
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 39
2004
COLORADO RATE
44.6
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-2.9
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 1,914
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 50.3
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 16
2004 COLORADO RATE 51.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -1.4
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 1,947
COLORADO
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 43.8
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 21
2004 COLORADO RATE 42.1
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.7
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 753
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 19.2
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 47
2004
COLORADO RATE
18.2
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.0
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 1,064
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 28.5
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 13
2004 COLORADO RATE 25.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +2.8
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 666
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 17.2
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
41 (tie)
2004
COLORADO RATE 17.3
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.1
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 470
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 12.3
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 31
2004
COLORADO RATE
11.0
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.3
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 278
COLORADO DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 7.1
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 34
2004 COLORADO RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
Sources: Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates. States are categorized from highest rate to lowest. Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality. When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates. For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.