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Years of Potential Life Lost: Valuable Information, oR Just More Numbers?

Years of Potential Life Lost: Valuable Information, oR Just More Numbers?. Kirk Bol, MSPH, Vital Statistics Unit, Health Statistics & Evaluation Branch Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. June 8, 2014 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting. Measuring mortality in Colorado.

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Years of Potential Life Lost: Valuable Information, oR Just More Numbers?

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  1. Years of Potential Life Lost: Valuable Information, oR Just More Numbers? Kirk Bol, MSPH, Vital Statistics Unit, Health Statistics & Evaluation Branch Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment June 8, 2014 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting

  2. Measuring mortality in Colorado • Available methods… • Leading causes of death (based on counts) • Age-adjusted and age-specific mortality rates • Life and healthy life expectancy • Years of potential life lost (YPLL)

  3. Leading causes of death

  4. Leading causes of death

  5. Leading causes of death

  6. Life and healthy life expectancy

  7. Gaps Population Mortality Mortality Counts and Rates Life Expectancy

  8. Years of potential life lost • Defined as the years of potential life lost due to premature death.

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  26. Years of potential life lost • 63.8% of YPLL-65 during 2010-2012 attributed to 5 leading causes • Between 60%-69% across all race/ethnicities (2010-2012) • Between 57%-67% across all area-based poverty levels (2007-2011) • Between 58%-82% across Colorado’s Health Statistics Regions (2010-2012)

  27. Filling the gaps… Population Mortality Mortality Counts and Rates Life Expectancy Years of Potential Life Lost

  28. For inquiries or more information, please contact the Vital Statistics Unit, Health Statistics & Evaluation Branch,Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment4300 Cherry Creek Drive SouthDenver, Colorado 80246-1530P: (303) 692-2160 | (800) 886-7689 | F: (303) 691-7821cdphe.healthstatistics@state.co.us | www.chd.dphe.state.co.us Kirk Bol, MSPH, Vital Statistics Unit, Health Statistics & Evaluation Branch Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment June 8, 2014 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting

  29. Colorado Health Statistics Regions

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