These data resources are used to inform prevention efforts in the priority injury areas:
- Injuries in Colorado Dashboard.
- Motor vehicle safety.
- Suicide prevention.
- Older adult fall prevention.
- Prescription drug misuse prevention.
- Child maltreatment prevention.
- Sexual violence prevention.
General injury reports
- Injury in Colorado, 2012-2014.
- Maternal and Child Health Issue Brief: Child and Youth Injury in Colorado, 2013.
- Colorado Infant and Early Childhood Injury Special Emphasis Report, 2013.
- Colorado Infant and Early Childhood Injury Special Emphasis Report, 2012.
- Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Special Emphasis Report, 2013.
- Colorado Special Emphasis Report: Fall Injuries among Older Adults 2007-2015
Suicide
- Office of Suicide Prevention Legislative Reports: FY2022-23 Annual Report (PDF), Email cdphe_suicideprevention@state.co.us to request archived annual legislative reports.
- New Data Tool for Colorado Communities! Interactive data visualization dashboard utilizing Colorado Violent Death Reporting System Data
- Health Watch No. 112: Suicide in Colorado, 2014-2018: A Summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System, contains the most current CoVDRS data looking at suicide among Colorado residents.
- Health Watch: Suicide in Colorado, 2007-2011.
- Suicide in Colorado, 2008-2012.
- Firearm Deaths in Colorado, 2004-2011.
- Firearm Deaths in Colorado, 2005-2012.
- Suicide Death, Hospitalization and Emergency Department Data by Health Statistics Region.
- Health Watch 76: The Burden of Depression and Anxiety in Colorado: Findings From the Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008.
- Health Watch 72: Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Colorado Women.
Older adult falls
Prescription drug abuse
- Health Watch 85: Unintentional Poisoning Deaths in Colorado, 2000-2010.
- Health Watch 79: Unused Medication Disposal in Colorado: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA).
- Heroin in Colorado 2017 report - Learn about heroin use in Colorado.
- Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Data Dashboard.
- Prescription Drug Data Profiles.
Motor vehicles
- ColoradoProblem Identification (ID) Reports(CDOT).
- CDOT Motor Vehicle Fatality Data (2012 data) by Race and Ethnicity.
- Comparison Data of Teen Traffic Fatalities Prior to and After GDL Implementation.
- Colorado Teen Driving Alliance fact sheet on graduated driver licensing.
- NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for motor vehicle fatalities.
Child abuse and neglect
Child Fatality Prevention System legislative reports
Sexual violence
- Coming soon.
Infant safe sleep
- Maternal and Child Health issue brief:Infant Mortality in Colorado, February 2013.
Links to general injury data sources
- Colorado Health Information Dataset
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS from the CDC)to calculate fatal injury, nonfatal injury, injury costs and violence death reports.