State Findings: Connecticut, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low prevalence of multiple chronic conditions
- Low prevalence of two or more adverse childhood experiences
- Low percentage of adults who avoided care due to cost
Challenges
- High income inequality
- High prevalence of high-risk HIV behaviors
- High percentage of housing with lead risk
Highlights
- Public health funding increased 47% from $86 to $126 between 2017-2018 and 2019-2020
- Adults who avoided care due to cost decreased 23% from 9.9% to 7.6% between 2019 and 2020
- Drug deaths increased 14% from 29.9 to 34.0 deaths per 100,000 population between 2018 and 2019
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