Data Connection: B.C. (Some Facts and Figures From Before Coronavirus)

Percentage of employed adults who reported an average of less than 6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period in 2008-09: 28% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018

Percentage who reported that in 2017–18: 33% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018

Difference in number of U.S. births in 2019, compared with 2007, before the Great Recession: -570,000 UNH Carsey School of Public Policy analysis of National Center for Health Statistics data

Number of live births per 1,000 in the U.S. in 2018 with health problems related to exposure to opioids in the womb: 7 Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Number in Maine: 33 Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Change in percentage of people between ages of 30 and 64 diagnosed with either early-onset dementia or Alzheimer’s disease between 2013 and 2017: 200% Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Index

Average “college earnings premium” for U.S. individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only: 85% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas

The premium for individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only, in Connecticut: 96% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas

The premium for individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only, in Vermont: 52% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas

Percentage of U.S. college faculty members who strongly agree that they are treated with respect at work: 38% Gallup and Inside Higher Ed

Percentage of faculty members who strongly agree that their employer “would do what is right” if they raised a concern about ethics and integrity: 25% Gallup and Inside Higher Ed

Percentage of New England population that was white in 1990: 89% Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Regional Briefs, Recent Trends in Residential Segregation in New England

Percentage that was white in 2017: 76% Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Regional Briefs, Recent Trends in Residential Segregation in New England

Estimated percentage of eligible voters under age 20 who cast ballots in the 2018 midterm elections: 23% CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement at Tufts University