Vermont

Highlights

• In the past year, tobacco use during pregnancy decreased 7% from 16.6% to 15.5% of live births
• In the past year, HPV immunization increased 17% from 58.4% to 68.5% among females ages 13-17 and 15% from 53.1% to 60.8% among males ages 13-17
• In the past year, the percentage of infants exclusively breastfed for six months increased 37% from 27.7% to 38.0%
• In the past three years, drug deaths increased 35% from 13.1 to 17.7 deaths per 100,000 females ages 15-44
• In the past three years, teen births decreased 29% from 14.2 to 10.1 births per 1,000 females ages 15-19
• In the past three years, food insecurity decreased 22% from 12.6% to 9.8% of households