Vermont Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

The Good News

• Vermont ranks among the top ten states on 12 of the 22 measures.
• Strengths include a low percentage of children in poverty at 9.8 percent of persons under age 18
• A low prevalence of obesity at 23.2 percent of the population
• A high rate of high school graduation with 82.3 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
• Ready availability of primary care physicians with 168.8 primary care physicians per 100,000 population
• Vermont ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should remain high over time.

The Challenge for Health Care in your State

• The primary challenges are a high prevalence of binge drinking at 17.6 percent of the population
• Moderate immunization coverage with 74.4 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.

Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State

• In the past year, the high school graduation rate declined from 86.5 percent to 82.3 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years.
• In the past five years, the incidence of infectious disease decreased from 8.0 to 4.8 cases per 100,000 population.
• Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 30.7 percent to 16.7 percent of the population.