LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Connecticut pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 9.6–10.5 deaths per 100,000.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
ACS population estimate
279,9712020–2024Population density
4682020–2024Median household income
86,5862020–2024± 1,937.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
10.7%2020–2024± 0.8 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
91.6%2020–2024Labor-force participation
64.0%2020–2024± 0.6 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
5.0%2020–2024± 0.5 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,3652020–2024± 26.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
51.0%2020–2024± 2.1 margin of errorREAD CAREFULLY
Local numbers need restraint
Local mortality uses 2019–2023 pooled data when a rate is publishable.
Wide confidence intervals can make small numerical differences meaningless.
When local mortality is unavailable, the profile clearly uses a regional or state rate.