Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009 How do you dispose of your expired or unused medications? Do you… Flush down toilet
All adults Age group 18-29 30-49 50-69 70+ Sex Male Female Race and Ethnicity White Black Hispanic Education < HS HS diploma Some college College graduate Income <$15,000 $15,000-$24,999 $25,000-$34,999 $35,000-$49,999 $50,000+ Employment status Employed Unemployed Retired/student/ homemaker Unable to work
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Take to special medical collection site
Weighted Weighted Weighted population population population estimate Percent 95% CI estimate Percent 95% CI estimate Percent 387,590 12.1 10.9-13.3 1,169,285 36.5 34.3-38.8 323,064 10.1
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Weighted Weighted population population estimate Percent 95% CI estimate Percent 95% CI 209,356 9.0-11.2 735,798 23 20.5-25.4 6.5
Other
Weighted population estimate Percent 95% CI 95% CI 5.0-8.1 377,176 11.8 10.6-13.0
43,449 165,534 134,248 4,201
6.6 3.3-9.9 12.8 10.9-14.7 14.2 12.5-15.9 11 4.2-17.9
235,282 513,748 335,087 8,147
35.6 39.8 35.4 21.4
27.2-43.9 36.9-42.7 32.9-38.0 13.3-29.4
33,136 118,576 119,586 6,570
5 2.3-7.7 9.2 7.4-11.0 12.6 10.9-14.4 17.2 9.0-25.5
228,752 297,153 177,618 8,999
34.6 23 18.8 23.6
25.1-44.0 20.5-25.6 16.7-20.9 13.0-34.3
67,503 68,762 48,028 2,023
10.2 5.3 5.1 5.3
3.6-16.8 3.9-6.7 3.9-6.2 1.0-9.6
53,689 127,394 130,906 8,155
8.1 4.9-11.3 9.9 8.1-11.6 13.8 12.1-15.6 21.4 12.1-30.7
145,245 242,345
9.4 7.9-10.9 14.6 12.7-16.5
545,377 623,908
35.3 32.0-38.5 37.7 34.5-40.8
155,426 167,639
10.1 10.1
8.3-11.8 8.7-11.6
386,930 348,868
25 21.8-28.3 21.1 17.4-24.7
114,227 95,129
7.4 5.7
5.2-9.6 3.5-7.9
198,035 179,141
12.8 11.0-14.7 10.8 9.3-12.3
308,017 15,051 383,229
12.3 11.0-13.7 16.2 6.5-26.0 11.2 7.6-14.8
897,713 46,754 181,454
35.9 33.6-38.2 50.4 31.1-69.7 38 30.7-45.2
268,871 4,969 36,806
10.8 5.4 7.7
9.5-12.0 0-11.5 4.9-10.5
546,941 16,082 144,151
21.9 19.3-24.4 17.3 5.6-29.1 31.2 21.7-38.6
171,341 1,832 19,168
6.9 2 4
5.2-8.5 0.2-3.8 1.6-6.4
306,889 8,026 42,456
12.3 10.9-13.6 8.7 2.8-14.5 8.9 5.9-11.9
27,767 99,376 105,684 153,471
11.8 6.8-16.8 12.9 10.0-15.9 12.2 9.8-14.5 11.6 10.0-13.2
75,385 259,400 307,911 526,589
32.1 33.4 35.5 39.7
22.8-41.4 28.8-38.7 30.4-40.5 37.0-42.4
22,450 62,999 85,951 150,652
9.6 8.2 10 11.4
4.5-14.6 6.2-10.2 7.7-12.1 9.6-13.1
76,597 186,855 203,513 268,742
32.6 24.3 23.4 20.3
21.2-44.0 18.3-30.4 18.1-28.7 17.9-22.6
12,137 68,676 57,753 70,790
5.2 8.9 6.6 5.3
0.5-9.8 3.6-14.3 4.5-8.8 4.1-6.6
20,542 90,620 107,706 155,932
8.7 4.3-13.2 11.8 9.2-14.4 12.4 10.1-14.7 11.8 10.1-13.5
27,116 42,568 27,989 45,412 206,736
14.6 7.9-21.2 12.8 9.2-16.3 12.2 7.8-16.4 11.7 8.8-14.6 12.2 10.6-13.9
59,024 103,958 87,697 139,522 679,999
31.7 31.1 38.1 36 40.2
22.0-41.4 24.1-38.2 28.0-48.1 29.7-42.2 37.4-43.0
17,609 34,575 27,811 42,650 171,080
9.5 10.4 12.1 11 10.1
4.2-14.7 6.9-13.8 7.9-16.3 7.9-14.1 8.6-11.7
35,675 96,426 52,517 82,676 364,841
19.2 28.9 22.8 21.3 21.6
11.7-26.6 17.8-40.0 16.2-29.4 16.9-25.7 18.7-24.5
21,407 11,764 10,830 28,977 88,780
11.5 3.5 4.7 7.5 5.3
0-26.1 1.3-5.8 2.6-6.8 4.0-10.9 4.1-6.4
25,450 44,499 23,553 48,828 178,921
13.7 13.3 10.2 12.6 10.6
8.0-19.3 9.1-17.6 6.9-13.6 9.4-15.8 9.1-12.1
232,545 33,947 41,508
11.8 10.3-13.4 12.8 7.2-18.3 9.2 5.8-12.6 18 11.8-24.2
735,020 87,603 190,143
37.4 34.6-40.1 32.9 23.8-42.0 42.1 33.7-50.4 28.1 20.0-36.3
176,591 18,649 33,972
9 7 7.5
7.6-10.4 3.0-11.1
517,192 50,372
26.3 23.3-29.3 18.9 12.1-25.8
99,546 44,085 31,182
5.1 16.6 6.9
4.0-6.2 3.1-30.1
206,360 31,402 40,818
10.5 11.8 9
9.0-11.9 6.9-16.7
4.4-10.7 24.5 17.0-32.1
114,482 2,708
25.3 15.6-35.0 3.1 .07-5.5
5,328
6
15,926
24,837
Source: Health Statistics Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
21,700
2.5-11.3 1.8-10.2
17,910
5.9-12.2 20.3 11.7-28.8
How do you dispose of your expired or unused medications? Do you… Flush down toilet Throw in trash
Colorado Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11 Region 12 Region 13 Region 14 Region 15 Region 16 Region 17 Region 18 Region 19 Region 20 Region 21
Weighted population 95% CI estimate Percent Low 387,590 12.1 10.9 9,410 17,027 22,989 46,029 3,771 7,448 16,611 5,704 5,065 7,827 5,178 7,342 12,179 36,152 42,993 13,803 3,367 28,095 11,844 39,520 45,236
20.2 8.2 13.1 12.6 14 16.5 16.6 20.4 8.2 11.9 16.1 6.4 22.9 14 11.9 6.5 9.8 17.4 12.6 10 12.5
13.2 4.4 7.9 8.9 7.8 9.5 6.7 12 4.2 6 10.1 2 10.7 9.8 8.3 3.4 4.6 9 5.7 6.5 9
Weighted population 95% CI estimate Low Percent 13.3 1,169,285 36.5 34.3
95% CI High
27.2 12.1 18.4 16.3 20.2 23.5 26.5 28.8 12.1 17.8 22.1 10.9 35.2 18.2 15.4 9.5 15 25.9 19.6 13.5 15.9
18,359 64,181 71,175 117,763 8,633 15,149 30,855 9,032 26,052 27,412 13,036 53,134 15,621 87,159 164,568 70,072 11,763 59,409 34,376 150,529 121,007
39.4 31.1 40.7 32.3 32 33.5 30.9 32.3 41.9 41.5 40.5 46.5 29.4 33.7 45.4 32.7 34.2 36.9 36.7 38.1 33.3
30.9 21 29.7 26.6 22.4 22 19.7 22.3 30.4 29.3 31.6 37.1 20 27.9 37.4 24.3 25.6 28.2 26.4 30.1 26.9
Take to special medical collection site Weighted population 95% CI estimate Percent Low 38.8 323,064 10.1 9
95% CI High
48 41.2 51.7 38.1 41.6 45.1 42.1 42.3 53.5 53.8 49.3 56 38.9 39.5 53.5 41.2 42.9 45.5 47 46.1 39.7
2,981 16,742 9,292 55,822 2,746 4,794 11,687 1,388 3,192 3,001 2,063 6,161 3,031 32,848 33,750 32,519 4,058 9,233 5,497 41,566 40,696
6.4 8.1 5.3 15.3 10.2 10.6 11.7 5 5.1 4.5 6.4 5.4 5.7 12.7 9.3 15.2 11.8 5.7 5.9 10.5 11.2
2.4 4.1 2.2 10.8 5.3 4.6 6.6 1.2 1.9 0.3 1.5 1 1.6 9 6 10.1 6.4 2.7 1 6.5 7.7
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Weighted population 95% CI estimate Percent Low 11.2 735,798 23 20.5
95% CI High
10.4 12.1 8.4 19.8 15.1 16.6 16.8 8.7 8.4 8.8 11.3 9.8 9.9 16.4 12.6 20.3 17.2 8.8 10.8 14.6 14.7
8,732 83,936 35,304 70,229 9,570 10,711 23,400 5,880 14,819 15,735 8,287 25,728 11,592 48,009 55,651 51,513 8,279 40,186 28,028 101,366 78,839
18.7 40.6 20.2 19.3 35.5 23.7 23.4 21 23.9 23.8 25.7 22.5 21.8 18.6 15.4 24.1 24.1 24.9 29.9 25.7 21.7
11.6 23.7 12.1 14.5 24.3 9.6 12.2 13.9 15.6 14.9 16.6 15.1 12.7 13.5 10.4 15.5 15.8 16.7 18 16.7 13.8
Don’t know/not sure Weighted population 95% CI estimate Percent Low 209,356 25.4 6.5 5
95% CI High
25.9 57.5 28.3 24 46.6 37.8 34.7 28.2 32.1 32.8 34.9 30 31 23.6 20.3 32.7 32.4 33.1 41.9 34.7 29.6
1,934 5,852 25,292 28,371 1,183 1,674 6,930 1,141 1,169 4,955 1,163 9,066 2,014 13,289 18,724 17,294 2,330 9,341 4,223 15,944 37,465
4.2 2.8 14.5 7.8 4.4 3.7 6.9 4.1 1.9 7.5 3.6 7.9 3.8 5.1 5.2 8.1 6.8 5.8 4.5 4 10.3
1.1 0.8 0.2 3.8 1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 2.4 0.5 2.5 0.7 2.5 2.3 1.3 2.6 0.5 0.9 1.9 2.3
Other Weighted population 95% CI estimate Percent Low 8.1 377,176 11.8 10.6
95% CI High
7.2 4.9 28.7 11.8 7.8 6.5 13.2 7.7 3.5 12.6 6.8 13.4 6.9 7.8 8 14.8 11 11.1 8.1 6.1 18.3
5,166 18,871 10,878 46,117 1,088 5,444 10,378 4,823 11,815 7,046 2,484 12,718 8,664 41,117 46,614 28,764 4,552 14,900 9,755 45,973 40,010
11.1 9.1 6.2 12.7 4 12 10.4 17.2 19 10.7 7.7 11.1 16.3 15.9 12.9 13.4 13.3 9.2 10.4 11.6 11
6.5 4.8 3.1 8.9 1.4 4.4 4.8 10.8 11.5 4.9 3.6 5.7 7.7 10.9 8.8 8.2 6.1 4.4 4.9 7.8 7.8
95% CI High 13 15.7 13.5 9.4 16.4 6.6 19.7 15.9 23.7 26.6 16.5 11.9 16.6 25.0 20.9 16.9 18.7 20.4 14.1 15.9 15.5 14.2
Region 1: Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma Region 2: Larimer Region 3: Douglas Region 4: El Paso Region 5: Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln Region 6: Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers Region 7: Pueblo Region 8: Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache Region 9: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, and San Juan Region 10: Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel Region 11: Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt Region 12: Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Pitkin, Summit Region 13: Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Lake Region 14: Adams Region 15: Arapahoe Region 16: Boulder, Broomfield Region 17: Clear Creek, Gilpin, Park, Teller Region 18: Weld Region 19: Mesa Region 20: Denver Region 21: Jefferson
Source: Health Statistics Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
