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Test your knowledge about Connecticut's Healthcare Economy
May 2002

1. How many jobs in Connecticut are at a hospital, nursing home, pharmacy, home health care agency or other direct provider of care?

a) One in twenty
b) one in ten
c) one in thirty
d) one in eight

2. The number of direct healthcare jobs in Connecticut increased over the last decade by:

a) 5%
b) 20%
c) 7.5%
d) 14.4%

3. Connecticut ranks where among the states in the percentage of its workforce employed in health care?

a) 25th
b) 1st
c) 8th
d) 49th

4. Spending in Connecticut's bioscience sector has reached what level?

a) $1 million
b) %3.5 million
c) $500 million
d) $3.1 billion

5. In 2000, the average salary within Connecticut's bioscience sector was?

a) $68,000
b) $35,000
c) $100,000
d) $75,000

Data from the Hartford Courant, Good Medicine for State Economy, February 24, 2002.

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