Colorado
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 10 | 0 |
| Access and Affordability | 26 | +1 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 17 | -1 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 7 | 0 |
| Healthy Lives | 9 | -5 |
| Disparity | 21 | +3 |
| Medicaid Expansion | Yes |
Demographics
| Colorado | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 5,447,487 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $70,531 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 27% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 69% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 4% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 6% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 21% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Admissions for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions, ages 65–74, per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries
- Adults who are obese
- Admissions for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions, ages 18–64, per 1,000 employer-insured enrollees
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Children who did not receive needed mental health treatment
- Adults without a usual source of care
- Children without all components of a medical home
Most Improved Indicators
- Children ages 0–18 uninsured
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Adults ages 19–64 uninsured
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
- Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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