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| Introduction to Outcomes |
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| Infant Mortality |
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Vermont RANKING: Vermont is 2nd this year, unchanged from 2005.STRENGTHS: Vermont ranks among the top ten states on 9 of the 18 measures. Strengths include a low rate of motor vehicle deaths at 0.7 deaths per 100,000,000 miles driven, a low percentage of children in poverty at 7.4 percent of persons under age 18, ready access to adequate prenatal care with 86.4 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care, a low violent crime rate at 120 offenses per 100,000 population and a low premature death rate with 5,842 years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population.CHALLENGES: Challenges include low per capita public health spending at $93 per person and moderate immunization coverage with 81.5 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 10.3 percent to 7.4 percent of persons under age 18. In the past year, the infant mortality rate increased from 4.7 to 5.3 deaths per 1,000 live births. Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 30.7 percent to 19.3 percent of the population. Since 1990, the rate of motor vehicle deaths declined from 2.4 to 0.7 deaths per 100,000,000 miles driven. HEALTH DISPARITIES: In Vermont, the percentage of women who receive prenatal care varies from 73 percent among blacks to 90 percent among whites.CLINICAL CARE: The cost of clinical care in Vermont is moderate compared to other states and the quality of care is moderate.STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEB SITE: www.healthvermont.gov/ |
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