Health · Brooklyn

Brooklyn, CT health

Brooklyn differs from Connecticut on 6 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (11.1% vs 14.9%) and fewer uninsured adults (7.7% vs 10%). Where it trails the state: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (12.7% vs 9.8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 06234 (all of Brooklyn)

Report card

How Brooklyn compares with Connecticut

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Brooklyn adults…

35 of every 100 Brooklyn adults have high blood pressure

Connecticut: 32 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.3–38%

Bars show Brooklyn; the black tick is Connecticut. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Brooklyn, betterBrooklyn, worseToo close to callConnecticut

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.6% Brooklyn
CT 25.1%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.8% Brooklyn
CT 35.8%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.8% Brooklyn
CT 15.4%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.4% Brooklyn
CT 10.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Brooklyn adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Connecticut.

Yearly checkup

CT 80%

Dentist visit

CT 71%

Cholesterol check

CT 90%

Colon screening

CT 72%

Mammogram

CT 80%

Taking BP meds

CT 77%

1 in 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Brooklyn 7.7% · Connecticut 1 in 10 (10%)

Mind & connection

How Brooklyn adults are doing

1 in 3Brooklyn adults feel lonely

31.7% · Connecticut 33.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Brooklyn adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.1% · Connecticut 20.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Brooklyn adults lack social or emotional support

24.9% · Connecticut 25.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Brooklyn adults are in frequent mental distress

16.8% · Connecticut 15.8% · too close to call

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 9

Brooklyn adults worry about having enough food

11.1% · CT 14.9% · better

1 in 10

Brooklyn adults worry about keeping their housing

9.8% · CT 12.5% · better

1 in 15

Brooklyn adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.5% · CT 8.4% · better

1 in 15

Brooklyn adults lack reliable transportation

6.6% · CT 8.3% · better

8.2% of Brooklyn adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Connecticut.

Disability

Living with a disability

27.5%

of Brooklyn adults live with a disability (Connecticut 25.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.7%

Thinking or memory12.7%

Hearing6.8%

Errands alone7%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.2%

Black tick: Connecticut. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Brooklyn

Brooklyn and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are the nearest hospitals and community health centers.

30.8%35.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Pomfret31.1%

Canterbury32.2%

Hampton32.3%

Brooklyn32.7%

Killingly33.9%

Plainfield34.7%

Danielson35.9%

Care nearby

Day Kimball HospitalPutnam · 8.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic · 14.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

William W Backus HospitalNorwich · 17.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Umass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge · 20.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Generations Family Health Center, Inc. - DanielsonDanielson · 4.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Ucfs Health Center - PlainfieldMoosup · 6.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

! Primary careBrooklyn's county is a federal shortage area.Northeastern Planning Region · need score 8 of 25

✓ Dental careBrooklyn is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBrooklyn is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, MHCA Region 3 · need score 15 of 25

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes). Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Brooklyn. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Brooklyn

Measure	Brooklyn	Margin	Connecticut
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.6%	31.3–38%	32%	about the same
High cholesterol	37.3%	33.8–40.9%	38.4%	about the same
Obesity	32.7%	27.7–37.9%	30.5%	about the same
Arthritis	26.5%	23.9–29.2%	24.7%	about the same
Depression	23.1%	20.1–26.3%	20.6%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.7%	10.4–15.1%	9.8%	worse
Asthma	11.1%	9.9–12.5%	11%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.3%	8.5–10.2%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	9.9%	8.7–11.3%	10.2%	about the same
COPD	6.3%	5.5–7.1%	5.6%	about the same
Heart disease	6.3%	5.7–7%	5.8%	about the same
Stroke	3.3%	3–3.6%	3.2%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.4%	10.6–14.2%	10.6%	about the same
Binge drink	16.8%	14.2–19.7%	15.4%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.6%	22.2–29.2%	25.1%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	37.8%	33.3–42.3%	35.8%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.8%	76.8–82.6%	80.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	69.5%	66.5–72.3%	70.7%	about the same
Cholesterol check	89.4%	88–90.8%	89.5%	about the same
Colon screening	71.4%	67.5–75%	72.3%	about the same
Mammogram	76.6%	70.5–81.9%	79.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.4%	73.5–79.2%	76.5%	about the same
No health insurance	7.7%	6.5–9.1%	10%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.7%	27.9–35.6%	33.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	24.9%	21.6–28.1%	25.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.8%	15–18.7%	15.8%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.8%	13.8–17.9%	16.2%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.4%	11.9–15%	12.4%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.1%	9.4–13%	14.9%	better
Housing insecurity	9.8%	8.3–11.3%	12.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.5%	5.6–7.4%	8.4%	better
No reliable transportation	6.6%	5.8–7.5%	8.3%	better
Receive SNAP	8.2%	6.8–9.7%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	27.5%	24.3–30.9%	25.3%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.7%	10.3–13.3%	11.3%
Thinking or memory	12.7%	11.2–14.3%	12.3%
Hearing	6.8%	6.1–7.6%	5.9%
Vision	4%	3.6–4.5%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.2%	2.9–3.6%	3.5%
Errands alone	7%	6.2–7.9%	7%

About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Brooklyn door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Connecticut figure falls inside it, we don't call Brooklyn better or worse.

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Brooklyn by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Brooklyn by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Connecticut figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.