STATE PROFILE: VERMONT
PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
VERMONT: n/a
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
VERMONT 34.5
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 34
2005 VERMONT RATE 32.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +2.2
EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
VERMONT n/a
2004 VERMONT RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VERMONT 26.0
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 41
2005 VERMONT RATE 25.9
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.1
PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VERMONT 9.6
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 50
2005 VERMONT RATE 8.9
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.7
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
VERMONT 20.8
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 49
2005 VERMONT RATE 19.5
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.3
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
VERMONT 6.9
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 38 (tie)
2005 VERMONT RATE 6.2
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.7
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
VERMONT 5.37
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 45
2004 VERMONT RATE 4.68
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.69
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 1,234
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 173.6
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 41
2004
VERMONT RATE
186.6
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-13.0
2. CANCER
DEATHS 1,202
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 172.9
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 39
2004 VERMONT RATE 176.3
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -3.4
3. STROKE
DEATHS 260
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 36.5
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 47
2004
VERMONT RATE
43.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-7.0
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 381
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 55.6
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 6
2004 VERMONT RATE 44.1
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +11.5
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 272
VERMONT
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 41.2
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 24
2004 VERMONT RATE 38.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +2.5
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 173
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 25.1
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 24 (tie)
2004
VERMONT RATE
22.3
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+2.8
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 184
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 25.7
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 22 (tie)
2004 VERMONT RATE 24.9
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.8
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 97
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 13.7
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
48
2004
VERMONT RATE 12.2
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.5
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 52
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 7.4
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 46
2004
VERMONT RATE
8.2
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-0.8
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 27
VERMONT DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 4.0
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 49
2004 VERMONT RATE n/a
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 n/a
Sources: Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates. States are categorized from highest rate to lowest. Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality. When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates. For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.