While Connecticut ranks the 5th healthiest state in the nation many segments of the population experience significant and persistent disparities in their health and well-being. The collection of race, ethnicity and language (REL) data is a critical component of evaluating health outcomes among various populations and ensuring health equity for everyone. To learn more about our proposal to standardize, expand and make publicly available the collection of race, ethnicity and data collection to assist us with targeting interventions to improve health equity in Connecticut, read more here.
For more information on what other states have done, please read this fact sheet on REL Data in Other States.