Youth Action Day

Colorado Youth Matter brings together youth from across Colorado to lobby their state legislators about the importance of addressing the sexual health of adolescents and supporting young families. Click here to watch the 2010 Youth Action Day video.

Interactive Map

Looking for local contacts? The latest birth rate data specific to where you live? Explore our interactive map that includes the most recent data from our 2011 State of Adolescent Sexual Health Report.

Colorado Youth CREATE

Are you interested in being a youth leader and change maker in protecting and supporting youth sexual reproductive health and rights? Colorado Youth Create is recruiting youth between the ages 17-22 for its statewide Youth Advocacy Council. Click here to learn how to apply.

Fast Facts

From 2005-2009, Colorado's Latina teen birth rate has declined by nearly 30% . . . more than any other race or ethnicity.

Montezuma County

Birth Rate Data STI/HIV Data

Title X Clinics Planned Parenthood School-Based Health Centers

Birth Rate Data:

	Average birth rate to teens (2007-2009) by age group				Average number of births to teens (2007-2009) by age group		Change in teen birth rates (ages 15-19) by county for individual years
	ages 10-14	ages 15-19	ages 15-17	ages 18-19	ages 10-14	ages 15-19	1991 to 2009	2005 to 2009
Colorado	0.5	35.4	21.2	57.4	82.3	6204	-36.8%	-10.7%
Montezuma	0.8	50.8	30.7	82.9	*	46	-26.1%	1.2%

Birth rates = births to females of a specific age group, per 1,000

*Indicates data unavailable or unable to calculate.

--In counties with less than 15,000 population, cases will not be reported by age group.

Source: Health Statistics Section, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, data provided to Colorado Youth Matter Feb. 2011.

STI/HIV Data:

Chlamydia rate ages 15-19 (2009)

Gonorrhea rate ages 15-19 (2009)

HIV rate ages 15-19 (2009)

Colorado

96.9

96.7

100.0

Montezuma

1421.8

105.3

0.0

STI/HIV rates = infection per 100,000
** data unavailable for this county due to small population or incidence of indicator

Source: HIV/STI Surveillance Section Data Sources, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment,

data provided to Colorado Youth Matter Jan. 2009 from CDPHE STD*MIS NETSS Data Transfer Files.

Title X Clinics:

Title X Family Planning clinics provide a variety of preventive health services, including reproductive health exams, contraception, pregnancy testing, screening for cancer & STI/HIV, and referrals to other health and social services. All services are confidential and charges are based on the patient’s ability to pay. You do NOT have to live in the county where services are received.

None

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains:

Cortez

20 West North Street

Cortez, CO 81321

p: 970.565.7011

f: 970.565.3277

School-Based Health Centers:

*Provides Reproductive Health Services

*Southwest Open School School Based Health Center

Southwest Open School

401 N. Dolores Rd., PO Box DD