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Colorado Oral Health Surveillance System

The Colorado Oral Health Surveillance System (COHSS) monitors the burden of oral disease among Coloradans.   The COHSS is the result of a collaborative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).   The CDPHE represents one of thirteen states responding to the 2002 federal initiative to test the feasibility of developing state oral health surveillance systems.

The system collects, analyzes, and disseminates data to inform and support oral health decision-makers in Colorado.  Data collection uses probability-sampling methods guided by the CDC so that representative samples of the state population are obtained.   With these data, oral disease patterns can be monitored across Colorado’s demographic groups.   When high-risk groups or behaviors are identified, oral health programs and resources are targeted appropriately.  Monitoring oral disease patterns in the population will also identify when disease levels change, and emerging trends occur in the state. The data presented below provide a descriptive picture of the oral health of Coloradans.   Contact the Oral Health Program at 303-692-2470 regarding requests for specific oral health statistical analysis needs

• Impact of Oral Disease on the Health of Coloradans

• COHSS Plan

• Colorado Health Institute Oral Health Environmental Scan

• Snapshot of Oral Health in Colorado

• CoHID

• Children

  • Basic Screening Survey

  • County Estimates

  • Child Health Survey

  • Head Start

  • National Survey of Children’s Health

• Adolescents

  • Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  • National Survey of Children’s Health

  • Child Health Survey

  • Youth Tobacco Survey

•  Pregnancy

  • Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

•  Adults

  • National Oral Health Surveillance System

• Seniors

  • National Oral Health Surveillance System

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