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How much do you know about Health Policy in Connecticut? Take our quiz!

Have you read the SustiNet reports?
August 2010

1. What is Connecticut’s rank among the 50 states in producing nurses?

a) 9th
b) 15th
c) 44th
d) 49th

2. In 2006, how many qualified nursing applicants were denied entrance into Connecticut nursing programs due to lack of space?

a) 200
b) over 1,200
c) 2,000
d) over 350

3. What were the estimated annual health costs in Connecticut attributed to cigarette smoking in 2008?

a) $300 million
b) $1 billion
c) $2 billion
d) $4 billion

4. How many Connecticut adults ages 35 and older, died in Connecticut from tobacco use between 2000 and 2004?

a) over 4,800
b) under 2,000
c) 3,568
d) under 1,000

5. What percentage of Connecticut residents adults are overweight or obese?

a) 25.2%
b) 59.7%
c) 76%
d) 89.5%

Sources: Sustinet Health Partnership Task Forces: Health Care Work Force Task Force, Tobacco and Smoking Cessation Task Force, and Childhood and Adult Obesity Task Force , July 2010

Jaymie Potteiger, 2010 Connecticut Health Policy Project Summer Intern

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