Injury data and epidemiology
A collection of data resources 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
- Injuries in Colorado Dashboard. (Tableau)
- Injury in Colorado, 2012-2014. (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Commission
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Commission (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) website has data for motor vehicle fatalities.
CDPHE
Colorado Suicide Statistics
- Colorado Suicide Statistics is an interactive data visualization dashboard utilizing the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System Data.
- Data dashboard guide. (PDF)
Health Watch
- Health Watch No. 112: Suicide in Colorado, 2014-2018 is a summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System, that contains CoVDRS data looking at suicide among Colorado residents.
- Health Watch: Suicide in Colorado, 2007-2011. (PDF)
- Health Watch 76: The Burden of Depression and Anxiety in Colorado: Findings From the Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008. (PDF)
- Health Watch 72: Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Colorado Women. (PDF)
Office of Suicide Prevention Legislative Reports
- FY24 Annual Report. (PDF)
- Email cdphe_suicideprevention@state.co.us to request archived annual legislative reports.
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Health Watch
- Health Watch 85: Unintentional Poisoning Deaths in Colorado, 2000-2010. (PDF)
- Health Watch 79: Unused Medication Disposal in Colorado: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. (PDF)
Prescription Drug Data Profiles
In 2014, Colorado legislators passed a bill allowing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to access PDMP data to provide population-level results.
- Prescription Drug Data Profiles. (webpage)
SAMHSA
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA). (SAMHSA website)
Child Fatality Prevention System
- The Child Fatality Prevention System (CFPS) is a statewide, legislatively mandated, multidisciplinary, multi-agency network to prevent child deaths.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Child Health Survey
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. (webpage)
Colorado Health Information Dataset
- The Colorado Health Information Dataset (CoHID) provides access to state and local-level data and resources compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to help understand health and related issues affecting people in Colorado.
Death certificate data
- Death certificate data. (webpage)
- The CDC Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System calculates fatal injuries, nonfatal injuries, injury costs, and violent death reports.
Healthy Kids Colorado Survey
- Healthy Kids Colorado survey information. (webpage)
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
- The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a surveillance system designed to identify and monitor the behaviors and experiences of women before, during, and after pregnancy. Information is collected by surveying a sample of women who have recently given birth.