Health and Insurance Economic Statistics

• National Health Resources
  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Resource Locator
  2. National Center for Health Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control

  HEALTH DATA Aging Births Deaths Life Expectancy Growth Charts

  Disease Types Health Care Health Insurance Injuries Medical Treatment Physical Activity/Exercise Drug Use (illegal & Legal) Teen Pregnancy Contraception

  3. Child Well Being Indicators

  4. U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

     HEALTHCARE ISSUES Medical Expenditures Hospital Statistics Patient Safety

     Healthcare Costs Healthcare Utilization HIV/AIDs Grant Programs

  5. Programs to Reduce Proverty supported by the National Urban Leavuge.

• Connecticut Health Data and Resources
1. Connecticut Department of Public Health'sStatistics and Research Office
and their 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities Report


HEALTHCARE INDICATORS Chronic Disease Injury Infectious Disease Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Maternal and Child Health Oral Health Environmental / Occupational Health Access to Health Care

2. Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut from the Connecticut Health Foundation http://www.cthealth.org/matriarch/default.asp

   HEALTHCARE COMPONENTS Health Reference Groups Residential Property Valuation

   Poverty Ethnicity College Education Completed

3. Connecticut Health Data
   • Health Reference Groups review of issues and correlations

4. Connecticut Health Services
• Connecticut Commission on Aging
• Connecticut Services for the Blind
• Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate
  
• Connecticut Office of Health Care Access
     ...More CT Agencies
5. University of Connecticut Public Health Program's Improving Health Literacy in Connecticut (2006)

   Types of Health Illiteracy

   Costs of Health Illiteracy

6. CT Health Policy Project




• National Insurance and Uninsured Data Sources
1. CDC National Health Insurance coverage

   Number of U.S. Uninsured, 1987 - 2007

   Uninsured National Rate, 1987 - 2007

2. U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Statistics

   Number of Uninsured, 1987 - 2007

   Uninsured Rate, 1987 - 2007

3. National Patient Safety Cost of Low Health Literacy (2007)

   Annual Cost of Illiteracy Nationally

   Cycle of Illiteracy Costs

• Connecticut Insurance and Uninsured Data Sources
1. Americans-at-Risk: State-Reports