Colorado Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Colorado is 8th this year; it was 14th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- 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
- A low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 53.7 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- 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
- High geographic disparity within the state at 15.8 percent.
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the last year, public health funding increased from $74 to $88 per person.
- 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.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Colorado.
Colorado Department of Health and Human Services
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