STATE PROFILE: CONNECTICUT
PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
CONNECTICUT: 10.7%
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
CONNECTICUT 34.0
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 37
2005 CONNECTICUT RATE 32.2
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.8
EARLY PRENATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
CONNECTICUT 86.8
37-STATE, D.C., AND NEW YORK CITY REPORTING AREA 83.9
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 87.2
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.4
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CONNECTICUT 34.1
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 7
2005 CONNECTICUT RATE 32.4
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.7
PRETERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CONNECTICUT 10.4
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 47 (tie)
2005 CONNECTICUT RATE 10.4
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 0.0
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
CONNECTICUT 23.5
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 47
2005 CONNECTICUT RATE 23.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.2
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CONNECTICUT 8.1
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 28 (tie)
2005 CONNECTICUT RATE 8.0
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
CONNECTICUT 5.53
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 41
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 5.75
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.22
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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 7,650
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 172.9
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 42
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE
182.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-9.6
2. CANCER
DEATHS 7,052
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 175.7
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 36
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 181.5
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -5.8
3. STROKE
DEATHS 1,528
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 34.7
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 49
2004
CONNECTICUT RATE
37.6
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-2.9
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 1,471
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 35.3
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 45
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 34.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.6
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 1,134
CONNECTICUT
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 29.8
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 45
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 33.4
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -3.6
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 811
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 19.7
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 45
2004
CONNECTICUT RATE
18.7
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.0
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 777
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 16.1
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 48
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE 14.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.4
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 956
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 20.5
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
25 (tie)
2004
CONNECTICUT RATE 19.2
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.3
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 580
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 13.1
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 28
2004
CONNECTICUT RATE
14.4
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-1.3
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 614
CONNECTICUT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 14.5
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 14
2004 CONNECTICUT RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
Sources: Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates. States are categorized from highest rate to lowest. Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality. When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates. For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.