This year's America's Health Rankings were released on Tuesday, December 11, 2012..."Where does Colorado rank? For 2012, Colorado is ranked 11th overall, up three spots from 2011. According to the America's Health Ranking website, Colorado has "[l]ower prevalences of sedentary lifestyle, obesity, & diabetes than all other states" and a "[l]ow rate of preventable hospitalizations." Health challenges faced by Colorado include a low immunization coverage (ranked 45 in this area) and high geographic disparity (ranked 44 in this area).
For more information and interesting facts about Colorado (such as the percentage of child poverty decreasing from 18.5% to 15.5% in the past year) please visit Colorado's page at the America's Health Rankings website." [Source: Colorado Rural Health Center]
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