The Map Room

Note: Map descriptions are current as of their publication date. Source websites may offer more recent data than described.

Public Health Committee


Map Title: 2017 U.S. Lyme Disease Maps
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: These maps from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the number of confirmed and probable Lyme Disease cases reported to the CDC in 2017.


Map Title: Prescription Drug Drop Box Locations
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This Connecticut Open Data map shows the locations of the state's 92 prescription drug drop box locations where residents can properly dispose of unused household medications.


Map Title: State Prescription Discount Programs
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This National Conference of State Legislatures map shows which states operate prescription drug discount programs as well as states that discontinued such programs.


Map Title: Good Samaritan Overdose Immunity Laws
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This National Conference of State Legislatures map shows which states enacted opioid drug overdose immunity laws as of June 2017. These laws generally provide immunity from civil and criminal liability for people who experience or witness an opioid drug overdose and seek emergency medical assistance.


Map Title: Indoor Tanning Restrictions for Minors
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This National Conference of State Legislatures map shows which states regulate minors' use of tanning devices (i.e., tanning beds) as of January 1, 2017.


Map Title: Rates of HIV Diagnoses Among Adults and Adolescents In The US By State - 2017
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows the 2017 rate (per 100,000 people) of HIV diagnoses in each state and the District of Columbia (DC). Rates were highest in DC (46.3), Georgia (24.9), and Florida (22.9). Connecticut ranked among the lowest quartile of states with a rate of 7.4.


Map Title: Suicide Deaths for U.S. Counties
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This Governing.com map shows the annual average age-adjusted suicide rates for counties between 2012 and 2016.


Map Title: Nurse Practitioner State Practice Environment
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This map, created by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, shows how states license and regulate nurse practitioners. Regulatory structures include full, reduced, and restricted practice elements.


Map Title: Opioid Lawsuits Filed by Governments
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This Governing.com map shows a partial list of government lawsuits related to the opioid drug epidemic. Cases have been filed, mostly in 2017, against pharmaceutical companies, drug distribution companies, and state pharmacy boards.


Map Title: Key Investments to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This map shows the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's activities to meet national goals to prevent drug-resistant infections.


Map Title: 2019 State Health System Rankings
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: The Commonwealth Fund, a private philanthropic foundation, ranked each state on its healthcare system's performance related to access, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and costs, and healthy lives. (Connecticut was ranked 5th in 2019.)


Map Title: Influenza Spread: Weekly U.S. Map
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a map, which is updated weekly, showing the seasonal spread of the flu.


Map Title: County Health Rankings
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created maps that rank each county in each state on various public health outcomes.


Map Title: Duty-to-Warn Laws
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This National Conference of State Legislatures map shows which states have laws, as of September 28, 2015, that require or permit mental health professionals to disclose information about a patient who may cause harm to someone.


Map Title: Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services map shows which areas in the country have a shortage of primary care health professionals.