CHED publications

General reports

• Colorado Child Health Survey 2014 Data Snapshot Report.
• Transparent: The state of transgender health in Colorado.
  A Report by the One Colorado Education Fund
• Measuring behavioral health: Fulfilling Colorado's commitment to become the healthiest state.
  A Report by the Colorado Cross-Agency Collaborative
• Making communities healthier: A white paper.
  This white paper highlights the decade-long effort by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to reconstruct the structurally deficient 50-year-old I-70 viaduct, which crosses through the Elyria and Swansea Neighborhood, in a way that brings improvements to the neighborhood and reduces the health impacts of the highway.

Health Watch Publications

2023

• HealthWatch No. 125: Suicide among those Recently Released from an Institution, Colorado residents, 2017-2021.
• HealthWatch No. 124: Comparison of Unintentional and Intentional Drug Overdose Deaths, Including Measures of Social Vulnerability, July 2019 to December 2021, Colorado residents.
• HealthWatch No. 123: Comparison of Adolescent Drug Overdose Deaths in Colorado compared to the United States, State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), July 2019 to December 2021.
• HealthWatch No. 122: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths: Summary from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), July 2019 to December 2021, Colorado Occurrences.
• HealthWatch No. 121: Suicide in Colorado, 2016-2020: A Summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2022

2021

• Health Watch No. 117: Veteran Suicide in Colorado, Colorado Violent Death Reporting System, 2015-2019
• Health Watch No. 116: Binge drinking among Colorado adults: results from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• Health Watch No. 115: Patterns of marijuana use combining Washington and Colorado (WACO) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, 2015-2017.
• Health Watch No. 114: Seasonal Patterns in Violent Deaths in Colorado, Colorado Violent Death Reporting System, 2004-2018.
• Health Watch No. 113: Summary from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System: Overdose Deaths from July to December 2019, Colorado Occurrences

2020

• Health Watch No. 112: Suicide in Colorado, 2014-2018: A Summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 111: Older Adult Suicide in Colorado, 2013-2017, Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2019

• Health Watch No. 110: Mortality from Intimate Partner Violence in Colorado,2007-2017, Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 109: Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Primary Care Settings in Colorado:Results from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System.
• Health Watch No. 108: The Association between Toxicology and Suicide Notes among Firearm Suicide Decedents, 2004-2015:An Analysis from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No.107: Use of Mental Health Treatment among Those Who Had a Criminal Legal Problem Associated with Their Suicide, 2004-2015,An Analysis from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2018

• Health Watch No. 106: Drug Overdose Deaths in Colorado-Final Data for 1999-2017.
• Health Watch No. 105: Alcohol and Suicide in Colorado, 2011-2015:Analyses from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 104: What do our driver's licenses say about weight status among Colorado adults? An analysis of adult obesity prevalence using Colorado DMV data.
• Health Watch No. 103: Violent death among people experiencing homelessness in Colorado, 2004-2015: a summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2017

• Health Watch No. 102: Suicide in Colorado, 2011-2015: A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2016

• Health Watch No. 101: Homicide in Colorado, 2004-2014: A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 100: Examining opioid and heroin-related drug overdose in Colorado.
• Health Watch No. 99: Impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult health in Colorado.
• Health Watch No. 98: Disparities in the prevalence of adult overweight and obesity by demographic characteristics—Colorado BRFSS, 2011-2014.

2015

• Health Watch No. 97: Suicide among first responders in Colorado, 2004-2014: A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 96: Suicide in Colorado, 2009-2013: A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.

2014

• Health Watch No. 95: Marijuana use among adolescents in Colorado: Results from the 2013 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey.
• Health Watch No. 94: Adolescent suicide in Colorado, 2008-2012.
• Health Watch No. 93: Home is where the health is? Exploring healthy housing in Colorado.
• Health Watch No. 92: Evaluating the interplay of arthritis, obesity and physical activity among Colorado adults.
• Health Watch No. 91: Literature review of perinatal exposures to marijuana.

2013

• Health Watch No. 90: Suicide in Colorado, 2007-2011: A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System.
• Health Watch No. 89: Gastroschisis in Colorado: Recent trends and maternal and infant risk factors.
• Health Watch No. 88: Obesity and physical inactivity in Colorado: Demographic characteristics and regional distribution.

2012

• Health Watch No. 87: Medical home among Colorado children ages 1-14, Colorado Child Health Survey, 2010-2011.
• Health Watch No. 86: Food-insecurity contributes to obesity among Colorado children and pregnant women.
• Health Watch No. 85: Unintentional poisoning deaths in Colorado, 2000-2010.
• Health Watch No. 84: Relating maternal weight to the occurrence of birth defects in Colorado.
• Health Watch No. 83: Public versus private health insurance in Colorado at a glance: A glimpse at health care coverage, health behaviors and chronic conditions using the BRFSS, 2010.
• Health Watch No. 82: Living longer? Living better? Estimates of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Colorado.

2011

• Health Watch No. 81: Cesarean section deliveries and inductions of labor in Colorado: An analysis of current trends and demographics.
• Health Watch No. 80: Screen time behavior in Colorado children, Colorado Child Health Survey, 2007-2008.
• Health Watch No. 79: Unused medication disposal in Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
• Health Watch No. 78: How healthy are Colorado women of reproductive age? An evaluation of preconception risk and protective factors.

2010

• Health Watch No. 77: The connection between health disparities and the social determinants of health in early childhood.
• Health Watch No. 76: The burden of depression and anxiety in Colorado: Findings from the Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008.
• Health Watch No. 75: Smoking before, during and after pregnancy: Colorado trends.
• Health Watch No. 74: Gestational Diabetes in Colorado: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2006-2008.
• Health Watch No 73: Emergency preparedness in Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

2009

• Health Watch No. 72: Postpartum depressive symptoms among Colorado women.
• Health Watch No 71: The association between physical activity, mental health and quality of life: A population-based study.
• Health Watch No. 70: Maternal indicators for women on Medicaid in Colorado: An analysis of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey data.
• Health Watch No 69: The association of prepregnancy body mass index and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes.

2008

• Health Watch No. 68: Colorado's population and Vital Statistics - Recent innovations and recommendations.
• Health Watch No. 67: Prevalence of severe psychological distress and its association with behavioral risk factors, quality of life indicators, and health outcomes: Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007.
• Health Watch No. 66: Infant mortality in Colorado: Trends, disparities, and current research.
• Health Watch No. 65: Weight control strategies and the impact of health care provider advice on weight loss attempts among Colorado adults, 2007.

2007

• Health Watch No. 64: Knowledge and consumption of folic acid: Working to reduce neural tube defects in Colorado.
• Health Watch No. 63: Childhood obesity: How do the health behaviors of Colorado parents affect their children?
• Health Watch No. 62: Factors associated with self-reported health status among Colorado adults, 2005.
• Health Watch No. 61: Comparing maternal indicators among Black women to White and Hispanic women in Colorado: An analysis of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey data.

2006

• Health Watch No. 60: Health-related behaviors of Colorado adolescents: Results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2005.

2005

• Health Watch No. 59: How healthy are Colorado children? Key findings from the 2004 Colorado Child Health Survey.
• Health Watch No. 58: The health of women in Colorado.

2004

• Health Watch No. 57: Health-related behaviors of Colorado adolescents: Results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.
• Health Watch No. 56: Tobacco use in Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
• Health Watch No. 55: Colorado Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI): Work-related fatalities in 2002.

2003

• Health Watch No. 54: Colorado Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI): Work-related fatalities in 2001.
• Health Watch No. 53: Sociodemographics, general health status, and access to care among Colorado adults with disability.
• Health Watch No. 52: Health-related behaviors of Colorado adolescents: Results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2001.
• Health Watch No. 51: Weight gain during pregnancy: Colorado Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1997-2000.
• Health Watch No. 50: Decade of decline: Fertility rates of 15-to 17-year-olds decrease in Colorado in the 1990s.
• Health Watch No. 49: Access local health data using the Colorado Health Information Dataset (CoHID).

2002

• Health Watch No. 48: Adult obesity in Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
• Health Watch No. 47: Prevalence and effects of arthritis in Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001.
• Health Watch No. 46: Health and injury-related behaviors in Colorado rural resort counties: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1997-1998.
• Health Watch No. 45: Prevalence, health behaviors, and preventive health practices among adult Coloradans with diagnosed diabetes: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1997-2000.
• Health Watch No. 44: Health risk behaviors, preventive care practices, and mortality in North Denver, Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and vital statistics data, 2000-2001.

2001 and prior years

• Health Watch No 43: Unintended Pregnancy: Colorado Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1997-1999
• Health Watch No. 42: Prevalence and Characteristics of Injury in Urban and Rural Colorado, 1999 and 2000
• Health Watch No. 41: International Classification of Diseases: ICD 9 to ICD 10
• Health Watch No. 40: Age-Adjusted Death Rates in Colorado Vital Statistics: Implementation of the Year 2000 Standard
• Health Watch No. 39: Who's Still Smoking in Colorado? Colorado Quit Rates Rank Below National Average
• Health Watch No. 38: Cigarette Smoking: The toll in Colorado
• Health Watch No. 37: Health Risk Behaviors and Mortality Rates in the San Luis Valley: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Vital Statistics Data, 1997
• Health Watch No. 36: Folic Acid and Prevention of Birth Defects: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996 and 1998
• Health Watch No. 35: Recreational Fatalities in Colorado, 1996-1998
• Health Watch No. 34: Health Risk Behaviors and Mortality Rates in Delta County, 1997
• Health Watch No. 33: Breastfeeding Initiation, 1997 PRAMS and Vital Statistics Data
• Health Watch No. 32: Motor Vehicle Traffic-Related Morbidity and Mortality among Children 1-15 (1994-96)
• Health Watch No. 31: Death Summary 1997
• Health Watch No. 30: Colorado's Progress toward Year 2000 Objectives (1993-97)
• Health Watch No. 29: Birth Statistics Summary 1997
• Health Watch No. 28: Breast Cancer Screening Practices: Colorado Women Age 50 and Older: 1995-1997
• Health Watch No. 27: Child Safety Belt, Car Safety Seat, and Bicycle Helmet Use 1995 and 1997
• Health Watch No. 26: Overview of Pregnancy Experiences: 1997 data from Colorado PRAMS

Facts for Action: Chronic Diseases and Related Risk Factors in Colorado

• Connections between Adult Obesity, Physical Activity and Park Access in Colorado (10/2018).
• The Current State of Diabetes in Colorado (8/2019).