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CDPHE Community Level Estimates (2014-2017)
Community-level estimates for 18 important health conditions and risk behaviors

The CDPHE Community Level Estimates Dataset provides health condition and risk behavior estimates for smaller geographies than traditional surveillance systems report.

What are Community Level Estimates?

CDPHE's Community Level Estimates are created from statistical models to generate health condition and risk behavior estimates for smaller geographies (census tracts).  Most of our traditional public health surveillance systems do not report estimates for census tracts because of sample size limitations.  The Community Level Estimates are produced using a multilevel model that incorporates individual Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey responses in addition to socio-demographic and contextual information from the U.S. Census (American Community Survey).  Individual survey responses from the Colorado BRFSS are nested within geographic boundaries (counties) where both individual characteristics (demographic) as well as sociodemographic characteristics can be used to model the probability of having a health condition or risk behavior at the census tract geography.

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List of Published Indicators (2014-2017 4-Year Community Level Estimates)

Indicator Definition Data
Asthma Percent of Adults ever diagnosed with Asthma by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional, and still having the condition Open Data
Binge Drinking Percent of Adults who are Binge Drinking Open Data
Cigarette Smoking Percent of Adults who currently Smoke Cigarettes Open Data
Delayed Medical Care ($) Percent of Adults who delayed Medical Care because of Cost Open Data
Depression Percent of Adults ever diagnosed with a Depressive Disorder by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional Open Data
Diabetes Percent of Adults ever diagnosed with Diabetes by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional Open Data
Flu Vaccine Percent of Adults who who received a Flu Vaccine (flu shot or a vaccine sprayed in the nose) within the past 12 months Open Data
Fair or Poor Health Status Percent of Adults who self-reported Fair or Poor Health Status Open Data
Health Insurance Percent of Adults who have Health Insurance Coverage of any kind Open Data
Heavy Drinking Percent of Adults who are Heavy Drinking Open Data
Heart Disease Percent of Adults ever diagnosed with Angina or Coronary Heart Disease by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional Open Data
Marijuana Use Percent of Adults who used Marijuana or Hashish 1 or more days out of the past 30 days Open Data
Mental Distress Percent of Adults experiencing more than 14 Mentally Unhealthy days within the past 30 days Open Data
No Medical Checkup Percent of Adults with who did not have a regular Medical Checkup within the past year Open Data
No Physical Activity Percent of Adults who did not participate in any Physical Activity or Exercise outside of work-related duties within the past 30 days Open Data
Obese Percent of Adults with a Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 30 Open Data
Overweight Percent of Adults with a Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 25 Open Data
Physical Distress Percent of Adults who experience more than 14 Physically Unhealthy days within the past 30 days Open Data