• Fourth-best economic status for women: More Colorado women participate in the labor force and hold managerial or professional positions than they do in the nation as a whole. Colorado earned a B overall for economic autonomy.
  
• Good health status for women: Colorado has low mortality rates for women from heart disease, lung cancer, and breast cancer. This helped it rank 16th overall in the nation for women's health and well-being, earning a grade of B.

• C- in reproduction and family planning index: Colorado women lack many of the reproduction and family planning resources identified as important, and as a result the state ranked 25th in the nation.

• Read The Status of Women in Colorado: Overview in PDF format.
• Learn about the status of women in all states, and see which states ranked best and worst
• Read Overview of the Status of Women in the States in PDF format.

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