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Here are some of the things that we have learned about the health and quality of life in New London:
- In a survey, New London residents cited location as its best feature.
- In the same survey, between 43% and 50% of residents report exercising 3 or more times per week; 75% report a healthy diet; 75% report that they do not smoke.
- New London's poverty rate is twice that of the state of Connecticut.
- The overall crime rate in New London has dropped over recent years. Major crimes in New London are consistently drug and alcohol related.
- New London's high school drop-out rate is nearly ten times the state average.
- About 63% of New London's kindergartners have a preschool experience.
- The death rate for the five leading causes of death in New London - heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obtrusive pulmonary disease and unintentional injury - is higher than for those same causes of death in the state of Connecticut.
- Births to teens in New London occur at twice the rate as in the state overall. New London's infant mortality rate is nearly three times that of the state.
Visit the CT Dept. of Public Health web site