New Haven County Least Healthy

In a study released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it was stated that the New Haven County in Connecticut has three times the rate of sexually transmitted infections than that of Tolland County. New Haven County also has three times the teen birth rate. In New Haven County the poverty rate of children 15%, in Tolland County the rate is only 6%. The rankings used by the study include: smoking, obesity, excessive drinking, teenage births, uninsured adults, availibility of doctors, and high school graduation rates. -The Associated Press