Editing Colorado (section)

== Health ==
Colorado is generally considered among the healthiest states by behavioral and healthcare researchers. Among the positive contributing factors is the state's well-known outdoor recreation opportunities and initiatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oedit.colorado.gov/blog-post/outdoor-equity-grant-bill-to-support-outdoor-access-for-underserved-youth|title=Outdoor Equity Grant Bill to Support Outdoor Access for Underserved Youth|work=oedit.colorado.gov|publisher=Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade|location=[[Denver]]|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> However, there is a stratification of health metrics with wealthier counties such as [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas]] and [[Pitkin County, Colorado|Pitkin]] performing significantly better relative to southern, less wealthy counties such as [[Huerfano County, Colorado|Huerfano]] and [[Las Animas County, Colorado|Las Animas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/19/colorado-a-healthy-state-overall-some-counties-more-than-others-and-its-not-just-the-poorer-areas-with-serious-health-concerns/|title=Colorado is one of the healthiest states in the country, but health outcomes vary widely by county |last=Svaldi |first=Aldo |date=19 January 2020 |publisher=The Denver Post |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>

=== Obesity ===
According to several studies, Coloradans have the lowest rates of obesity of any state in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calorielab.com/news/wp-images/post-images/fattest-states-2007-big.gif |format=GIF |title=Percentage of Obese Adult Population |website=Calorielab.com |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080612165609/http://calorielab.com/news/wp-images/post-images/fattest-states-2007-big.gif |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, 24% of the population was considered medically obese, and while the lowest in the nation, the percentage had increased from 17% in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/|title = Adult Obesity Rates}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://calorielab.com/news/2007/08/06/fattest-states-2007/ |title=Fattest States 2010: CalorieLab's Annual Obesity Map—State Obesity Rankings &#124; CalorieLab—Health News & Information Blog |publisher=CalorieLab |date=June 28, 2010 |access-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713041916/http://calorielab.com/news/2007/08/06/fattest-states-2007/ |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Life expectancy ===
According to a report in the [[Journal of the American Medical Association]], residents of Colorado had a 2014 [[life expectancy]] of 80.21 years, the longest of any U.S. state.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dwyer-Lindgren |first=Laura |date=8 May 2017 |title=Inequalities in Life Expectancy Among US Counties, 1980 to 2014 |journal=JAMA Internal Medicine |volume=177 |issue=7 |pages=1003–1011 |doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0918 |pmid=28492829 |pmc=5543324}}</ref>

=== Homelessness ===
According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 10,397 [[Homelessness in Colorado|homeless people in Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf}}</ref>