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CONNECTICUT

Ranking: Connecticut is 5th this year, unchanged from 2006.

Strengths: Strengths include high immunization coverage with 86.3 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations, a low prevalence of obesity at 20.6 percent of the population, a low percentage of children in poverty at 10.3 percent of persons under age 18, a low prevalence of smoking at 17.0 percent of the population and a low rate of uninsured population at 9.4 percent.

Challenges: Challenges include a high incidence of infectious disease at 25.2 cases per 100,000 population.

Significant Changes:

↓ In the past year, the rate of uninsured population decreased from 10.9 percent to 9.4 percent.

↓ In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 12.4 percent to 10.3 percent of persons under age 18.

↑ Since 1990, the rate of uninsured population increased from 6.4 percent to 9.4 percent.

↓ Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 29.6 percent to 17.0 percent of the population.

Health Disparities: In Connecticut, Other Races experience 54 percent less premature death than whites and 70 percent less than blacks.  Residents in non-urban areas in Connecticut experience 28 percent more premature death than residents in the fringe counties of large metropolitan areas.

State Health Department Web Site:     www.dph.state.ct.us/
 


 

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Connecticut                
  2007   2006   2000   1990  
DETERMINANTS - Personal Behaviors Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) 17 4 16.5 3 22.8 25 29.6 25
Binge Drinking (Percent of population) 14.4 20 14.8* 31* 14* 19* --- ---
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) 20.6 3 20.1 3 15.1 5 11.7 25
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) 80.7 13 80.9 12 73.4* 20* 78.2* 19
DETERMINANTS - Community Environment                
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) 281 14 273 13 366 19 419 24
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) 4.2 8 3.5 6 3.6 5 8.7* 17
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) 25.2 41 24.4 39 33.5 33 32.9 31
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) 10.3↓ 3 12.4 10 8.8 8 9.2 3
DETERMINANTS - Public & Health Policies                
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent without health insurance) 9.4↓ 6 10.9 12 8.5 6 6.4 1
Per Capita Public Health Spending (Dollars per person) $173 18 $173 18 --- --- --- ---
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) 86.3 3 86.1 4 82.3 4 --- ---
DETERMINANTS - Clinical Care                
Adequacy of Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) 80.4 14 80.4 14 85.7* 3* 78.3* 5*
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) 159.1 6 157.7 5 --- --- --- ---
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) 67.3↑ 17 64.6 17 --- --- --- ---
All Determinants 12.1 6 11.5 5 10.8 3 11.6 1
                 
HEALTH OUTCOMES                
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 2.8 7 2.9 7 2.8 14 --- ---
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 3.1 10 3 3 3.2 23 --- ---
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) 5.5 10 5.5 11 7.1 23 8.9 8
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 267.3↓ 9 277.6 9 326.5 15 374.3 15
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 192.4 14 191.6