Report: CT low in CDC health funding
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Connecticut ranks near the bottom per capita -- 35th -- for grants received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a time when the federal health agency’s funding is falling, according to a fresh national report.
According to Washington D.C. nonprofit Trust for America's Health, federal funding for public health disease prevention and health promotion programs has declined by about $580 million and remained flat since 2010.
In fiscal 2016, the agency's budget was $7.17 billion, or $22.26 for every man, woman and child in America, the trust said in its report.
That same period, Connecticut collected about $72.5 million, or $20.29 per capita, in CDC funding, the trust said. Connecticut's public health budget for 2016 was just under $108.4 million.
Out of Connecticut's total funding, CDC grants for vaccines for children are the largest component, representing $31.5 million, the trust said.
Alaska ranked No. 1, with CDC per capita funding of $49.67. Virginia was last, with per capita funding of $15.39.
Comparisons to the previous year's funding amounts were not available in the report.
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