[Excerpt from feature article by Kate Farrish, Connecticut Health Investigative Team, featuring analysis of the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey and appearing in the CT Mirror and elsewhere]:
In West Haven, 24% of white residents reported their health as fair or poor, a rate worse than whites statewide and in New Haven.
Fifty miles east, 19% of white New London residents reported feeling depressed or hopeless, higher numbers than statewide and in Bridgeport.
Sep. 3, 2019
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The Newhallville and Dixwell Neighborhood Community Index is a project of neighborhood residents and youth, with support from Inspired Communities Inc and DataHaven staff. Part One includes data and Part Two includes a photovoice project.
Aug. 12, 2019
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
[Excerpt of front-page article by Harrison Connery, with block quote featuring DataHaven by Martha Shanahan, in the Republican-American]
July 5, 2019
WATERBURY — Life expectancy in Connecticut is third in the nation, at 80.8 years, according to data from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
One factor in residents’ longevity is the state’s falling cancer mortality rate, which has fallen by more than 21% over the past decade, good for the second highest rate in the country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This crosstab of results from the 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey contains weighted estimates for Greater New London, in some cases disaggregated by demographic group.
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May. 1, 2019
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This crosstab of results from the 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey contains weighted estimates for the 7-town Lower Naugatuck Valley Region, in some cases disaggregated by demographic group.
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May. 1, 2019
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety