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Pub. Date
2016
Description
The visualizations in this tool provide data at your fingertips for prioritized chronic disease and behavioral health measures in Colorado. The purpose of the tool is to provide data and visualizations for assessments and data driven public health planning and program work. Data in this tool is updated as the data source allows to provide the most recent information for Colorado health measures.
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Series
Health watch volume no. 98
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Colorado, like the rest of the United States (U.S.), has experienced an upward trend in the adult prevalence of obesity since the early 2000s. According to recent data, an estimated one in five adult Coloradans are obese and more than half (57.4%) are overweight or obese. Similar to other chronic diseases, there are differences in the prevalence of obesity by race, ethnicity, income, education level, age, sex and other demographic and socioeconomic...