Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), or heart disease, is a serious health condition that affects over 42,000 Vermonters a year. It is a leading cause of death among Vermonters and in the U.S. overall. Many chronic diseases, including CVD, are preventable, but not all.
Learn about individual risk and how the Health Department is helping individuals prevent CVD.
The Heart Disease and Diabetes Data Pages are designed to provide a comprehensive overview of high cholesterol, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, prediabetes, diabetes, and their associated risk factors among Vermont adults from all relevant surveillance sources. The pages provide demographic breakdowns, trends, and equity impacts for all topics. They are useful to those interested in chronic health conditions in Vermont. Last published February 2023.
Data Briefs are typically, two-page publications that provide detailed information on a surveillance-specific topic specific.
| Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 07/18/2024 | Cardiovascular Disease and Food Insecurity |
| 06/10/2024 | Prescribing Automatic Blood Pressure Monitors for Medicaid Beneficiaries |
| 10/04/2022 | Health Systems Approaches to Preventing and Managing Diabetes and Heart Disease |
| 09/24/2019 | Managing Diabetes and Heart Disease |
| 07/05/2019 | Chronic Disease in Vermont |
| 08/21/2018 | Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| 01/17/2018 | Chronic Disease and Low Socio-Economic Status |
| 08/08/2017 | Cardiovascular Disease in Vermont |
| 10/28/2016 | Cardiovascular Events Among Adults with Diagnosed Hypertension |
| 03/01/2013 | Youth Heart Health |
| 02/01/2013 | Cardiovascular Disease in Vermonters |
This small document captures the most important measures to track the progress of cardiovascular disease (heart disease) prevention. It includes baseline numbers from when tracking began, the most current values available from each respective data source, and the target value that the prevention program is working to reach. Last published August, 2019.
The Vermont Tracking Program brings together environmental and health data to better understand how our environment impacts health.
The reports below are interactive, which means you can:
Investigators both in the U.S. and abroad have shown relationships between short- and long-term exposure to air pollution and the increased risk of heart attack and other forms of heart disease. For example, researchers have demonstrated increases in heart attack hospitalization rates in relation to fine particles (PM2.5) found in haze, smoke and dust. This is particularly true for sensitive groups, such as the elderly, patients with pre-existing heart disease, survivors of heart attack, or people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The level of environmental risk for heart attacks depends on several factors:
The numbers in these charts may be slightly different from what the Health Department reports elsewhere. This is because the calculation methods used by the CDC are different from how the Health Department regularly calculates death rates.
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Email: ahs.vdhhpdpanalytics@vermont.gov.
