Child Deaths 1-14 (Rate per 100,000) National Outcome Measure 6

Colorado 2010 Objective: Reduce the death rate of children ages 1 through 14 years to 15.0 deaths per 100,000. Data are 2004-2008 five-year averages. The Colorado rate is 17.7 per 100,000.

Counties categorized as close to the target are within 80 percent of the target; counties at some distance from the target are between 51 to 79 percent of the target; and counties far from the target are at least 50 percent lower than the desired target. Source: Vital Statistics, Health Statistics Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; State Demography Office, Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Colorado Child Deaths 1-14, National Outcome Measure 6 MCH County Data Sets 2010 Page 1 of 2

Child Deaths 1-14 (Rate per 100,000) National Outcome Measure 6 Colorado 2010 Objective: Reduce the death rate of children ages 1 through 14 years to 15.0 deaths per 100,000. Data are 2004-2008 five-year averages. The Colorado rate is 17.7 per 100,000. Category Definition Meeting the Colorado 2010 Target Close to the Colorado 2010 Target At Some Distance from the Colorado 2010 Target Far From the Colorado 2010 Target

Percentile Range 100% of the target 80% - 99% of the target 51% - 79% of the target

Rate per 100,000 ≤15.0 15.1 – 18.0 18.1 – 29.9

≤ 50% of the target

≥30.0

Counties Meeting the Colorado 2010 Target (at or below 15.0) Adams Costilla Moffat Archuleta Douglas Ouray Baca Eagle Phillips Bent Gilpin Rio Blanco Boulder Hinsdale Saguache Cheyenne Jackson San Miguel Clear Creek Mineral Sedgwick Counties Close to the Colorado 2010 Target (15.1-18.0) Arapahoe Montezuma Jefferson Otero Counties At Some Distance from the Colorado 2010 Target (18.1-29.9): Denver La Plata Pueblo El Paso Larimer Teller Elbert Las Animas Weld Garfield Mesa Grand Montrose Counties Far from the Colorado 2010 Target (30.0 or higher): Alamosa Kiowa Prowers Delta Kit Carson Routt Fremont Morgan Counties with Data Suppressed (1 or 2 deaths in the 5-year period): Broomfield Gunnison Pitkin Chaffee Huerfano Rio Grande Conejos Lake San Juan Crowley Lincoln Summit Custer Logan Washington Dolores Park Yuma Colorado Child Deaths 1-14, National Outcome Measure 6 MCH County Data Sets 2010 Page 2 of 2