Reports

The Colorado Health Foundation publishes the Colorado Health Report Card every other year to measure just how healthy Coloradans are compared with other states. As a supplement to the Report Card, the Foundation publishes Understanding the Numbers: Indicator Details and Promising Initiatives that further explains the data and shares promising initiatives targeting related health conditions and outcomes. On alternate years, the Foundation publishes special reports focused on a specific health indicator or indicators from the Report Card. Last year's special report focused on the challenges of obesity.

 The 2009 Colorado Health Report Card 
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The Colorado Health Report Card answers the question of how healthy we are as a state. Despite the widespread belief that Colorado is one of the healthiest states in the nation, the Report Card shows that Colorado ranks average or below average on a number of critical health indicators.

 Understanding the Numbers: Indicator Details and Promising Initiatives (2009) 
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Understanding the Numbers is a detailed analysis of the Colorado Health Report Card. All of the information in this report can also be found on this Web site. 

 Income, Education and Obesity: A Closer Look at Inequities in Colorado's Obesity Problem (2008)
An extension of the 2008 Colorado Health Report Card, this special report focuses on the growing problem of obesity and the strong connection between obesity and socioeconomic factors.

 Obesity: What the Research Shows (2008)
This document provides a national context for the obesity epidemic. For more information about Colorado’s obesity problem and contributing factors such as socioeconomic status, please download “Income, Education and Obesity: A Closer Look at Inequities in Colorado’s Obesity Problem.”

To compare Colorado's Report Card results to past years, please visit our archives.