The primary goal of Healthy Valley 2000 is to improve the health and quality of life in the Valley.
Improvement implies movement from one point to another in a positive direction.
Recognizing this movement requires the development and ongoing monitoring of a Community Health Profile. The effort was coordinated by Dr. Hyung Chung at the Urban Management Institute of the University of Bridgeport. Valley data was compared with state norms. The report includes the towns of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton. The report shows the overall death rate for all causes and for all major diseases to be below the state rate.