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HEALTH WORK GROUP
Focus Topics – Access to Health Care
The Health Work Group is working on strategies to improve child obesity rates, Lyme Disease Prevention, improve childhood immunization rates, increase physical activity access through the Pedestrian/Bike Summit, and improve awareness of the importance of physical and mental health in young children.
Some of our Current Strategies and Initiatives to Address the Indicators:
“Resource Guide” of Groton’s Early Childhood Programs and Support Services
Interactive, Online Bike Map of Groton
Cooking Matters Classes
Pedestrian/Bike Summit
Eat Fresh, Eat Local
Emergency Food gift cards and food deliveries during COVID
Indicator: Current Data on Births in Groton
Birth Data- 2008-2010 (DPH- Town of Groton-Birth Weight and Gestational Age by Mother’s Race and Ethnicity, Education and Age; Initiation and Adequacy of Prenatal Care; Smoking and Alcohol Use During Pregnancy; CT Residents Births, Birth to Teenagers, Low Birth weight Births and Prenatal Care Timing and Adequacy)
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CT Total births
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Groton Total births
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Very Low birth weight
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Low birth weight
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No H.S. diploma
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<20
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CT Births
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37,713
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1.5% (1,745)
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8.0% (9,370)
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6.6%
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Groton Births
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1,831
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1.3% (23)
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7.4% (112)
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12.3% (122)
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5.0% (91)
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White
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21,593
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1,204
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0.9% (11)
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6.1.% (62)
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9.8%
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6.4%
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Black
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4,641
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121
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4.1% (5)
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12.4% (10)
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Hispanic
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8,223
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198
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a (4)
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a (9)
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14.7%
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Other
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2,984
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287
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a (3)
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a (29)
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* Percentages were not calculated for less than five events because of the high degree of variability associated with small numbers.
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