State Findings: Massachusetts, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low prevalence of non-medical drug use
- Low prevalence of obesity
- High childhood immunization rate
Challenges
- High income inequality
- High preventable hospitalization rate
- High percentage of housing with lead risk
Highlights
- Frequent physical distress decreased 32% from 11.4% to 7.7% of adults between 2018 and 2020
- Air pollution increased 17% from 6.0 to 7.0 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter between 2015-2017 and 2018-2020
- Flu vaccination increased 12% from 50.5% to 56.5% of adults between 2019 and 2020
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