Media Advisory

For immediate release -- August 23, 2023

New Haven, CT – In Connecticut health inequities may have led to an excess of 14,000 deaths among the state’s Black population between 2017 and 2022, according to a new report on health in Connecticut from the non-profit organization DataHaven.

The report document may be downloaded by clicking on the Document link below. Please see the main report page for details (on the main page, you may also download the report by clicking on the blue button near the top of the page).

Document version for distribution was posted 8/23/2023.

Authored By

Kelly Davila, Mark Abraham, Camille Seaberry (DataHaven)

Date

August 08, 2023

Partners

Connecticut Health Foundation, DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey partners

Health Equity in Connecticut 2023 is a new status report on health in Connecticut that includes information gathered from statewide and national mortality records, the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey of randomly-selected adults throughout Connecticut, census data, and other sources.

Please read our August 23, 2023 press release here.

[Excerpt of front-page feature article by Cassandra Day, Staff Writer, Middletown Press, Aug. 16, 2023]

MIDDLETOWN — There is a nearly 20-year difference in life expectancy between Black and Asian residents living in Middlesex County, according to the results of a health needs assessment based on race and ethnicity conducted by Middlesex Health.

Black residents experience the lowest average life expectancy in Middlesex County, 77.2 years, and Asians, the highest, 96.6 years, according to the 2022 health report.

Link:
https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/equity-health-reports-detail-middletown-s-18297608.php

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Authored By

DataHaven

Date

August 08, 2023

Partners

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Sustainable CT, Yale Cancer Center, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Hartford HealthCare, The Connecticut Project, DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey partners

Regional Equity Reports

Authored By

DataHaven

Date

August 08, 2023

Partners

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Sustainable CT, Yale Cancer Center, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Hartford HealthCare, The Connecticut Project, DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey partners

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