Teen Injury Hospitalizations 15-19 (Rate per 100,000)

Colorado 2010 Objective: Reduce the rate of injury hospitalization among teens ages 15 through 19 years to 450.0 per 100,000. Data are 2004-2008 five-year averages. The Colorado rate is 485.1 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: Hospital Discharge Dataset, Colorado Hospital Association; State Demography Office, Colorado Department of Local Affairs.

Colorado Teen Injury Hospitalizations 15-19 MCH County Data Sets 2010 Page 1 of 2

Teen Injury Hospitalizations 15-19 (Rate per 100,000) Colorado 2010 Objective: Reduce the rate of injury hospitalization among teens ages 15 through 19 years to 450.0 per 100,000. Data are 2004-2008 five year averages. The Colorado rate is 485.1 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 Counties with Data Suppressed

Percentile Range 100% of the target 80% - 99% of the target 50% - 79% of the target

Rate per 100,000 ≤ 450 450.1 – 540.0 540.1 – 899.9

< 50% of the target Not Applicable

≥ 900 Not Applicable

Counties Meeting the Colorado 2010 Target (at or below 450.0): Alamosa Douglas Lake Arapahoe El Paso Moffat Archuleta Gilpin Montezuma Boulder Gunnison Ouray Broomfield Jefferson Saguache Chaffee Kit Carson Sedgwick Custer La Plata Yuma Counties Close to the Colorado 2010 Target (450.1 – 540.0): Adams Elbert Montrose Crowley Larimer Phillips Dolores Lincoln Weld Counties At Some Distance from the Colorado 2010 Target (540.1 – 899.9): Pueblo Grand Baca Huerfano Rio Grande Bent Clear Creek Las Animas Routt Logan San Miguel Conejos Summit Delta Mesa Morgan Teller Denver Washington Otero Eagle Fremont Park Garfield Prowers Counties Far from the Colorado 2010 Target (900.0 or higher): Cheyenne Kiowa Rio Blanco Jackson Pitkin Counties with Data Suppressed (1 or 2 injury hospitalization among children ages 15-19): Costilla San Juan Hinsdale Mineral Colorado Teen Injury Hospitalizations 15-19 MCH County Data Sets 2010 Page 2 of 2