Colorado's infant mortality rate was 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2000. There were 5,017 legal abortions in 1999. Colorado's death rate from all causes in 2000 was 659.7 per 100,000 population, as compared to the national rate of 873.1. Specific death rates for heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular diseases were far below the US norm while those for accidents were slightly higher. The mortality rate from heart disease was one of the lowest in the country at 149.5 per 100,000 people. The suicide rate of 14.8 per 100,000 was considerably higher than the US rate of 10.7 in 2000. In the same year, the death rate due to HIV infection was 2.2 per 100,000 population, lower than the US average of 5.3 that year. There were 7,381 AIDS cases reported through 2001.
In 2001, Colorado's 66 community hospitals had 9,442 beds and reported 413,605 admissions. Hospital personnel included 12,230 full-time registered nurses and 964 full-time licensed practical nurses. The state had 263 physicians per 100,000 population in 2000. In 2001, the average cost per inpatient day to community hospitals providing services in Colorado was $1,120.20. The state's only medical school is the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver.
Federal government grants to cover the Medicare and Medicaid services in 2001 totaled $1.2 billion; 475,616 enrollees received Medicare benefits that year. The percentage of uninsured adults in Colorado in 2002 was 15.6%.