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April is Minority Health Month.  For more information on what you can do to advance health equity, visit the CT Department of Public Health's Office of Multicultural Health website.

Between 2001-2005, the infant mortality rate for White infants was 3.9, while for Black or African American infants, it was 13.0, and for Hispanics, it was 6.5 per 1,000 live births.

— The 2009 Health Disparities Report, The Connecticut Health Disparities Project

In Connecticut, Hispanic residents are about 5.4 times more likely, and Black residents 2.7 times more likely, to be uninsured than White residents.

— The 2009 Health Disparities Report, The Connecticut Health Disparities Project - Connecticut Department of Public Health

Health disparities refer to those avoidable differences in health that result from cumulative social disadvantage

— The 2009 Health Disparities Report, The Connecticut Health Disparities Project

Black or African American Connecticut residents have the highest death rate from heart disease, about 1.2 times higher than that of White residents.

— The 2009 Health Disparities Report, The Connecticut Health Disparities Project - Connecticut Department of Public Health