Vermonters are healthy

Why Is This Important?

Measures

VDH

MCH

% of pregnant women who abstain from alcohol

I

2020

89%

90%

1

VDH

IFS

% of adolescents in grades 9-12 who drank alcohol before age 13

I

2013

14%

6

VDH

AHS

Percent of adolescents age 12-17 binge drinking in the past 30 days

I

2014

7%

10%

2

VDH

% of adults age 18-24 binge drinking in the last 30 days

I

2021

26%

31%

2

VDH

Substance Use

% of adults age 65 and older who drink at a level of risk

I

2021

24%

18%

1

VDH

MCH

% of pregnant women who abstain from smoking cigarettes

I

2020

87%

90%

1

VDH

MCH

% of children who live in households where someone smokes

I

2021

15%

10%

2

VDH

Tobacco

% of adolescents in grades 9-12 who use e-cigarettes

I

2019

26%

12%

1

VDH

Tobacco

% of adults using smokeless or other tobacco products

I

2016

11%

9%

1

VDH

Tobacco

% of adult smokers who attempted to quit smoking in the past year

I

2021

47%

80%

1

VDH

MCH

% of pregnant women who abstain from marijuana use

I

2020

89%

95%

1

VDH

Substance Use

% of adults age 18-24 who used cannabis in the last 30 days

I

2021

36%

26%

1

VDH

Substance Use

% of adults using cannabis who use 10 or more days per month

I

2021

66%

3

VDH

Opioids

Rate of infants exposed to opioids per 1,000 live births (Vermont residents in Vermont hospitals)

I

2016

28.3

2

VDH

Opioids

Number of accidental (non-suicide) drug deaths involving prescription opioids

I

2018

31

2

VDH

Opioids

Rate of Emergency Department visits for heroin overdose per 10,000 Vermonters (syndromic surveillance)

I

2017

2.5

0.1

2

VDH

Opioids

Number of accidental (non-suicide) drug deaths involving heroin

I

2018

60

1

VDH

Opioids

Number of accidental (non-suicide) drug deaths involving fentanyl

I

2020

139

1