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“Recover loudly so others don’t have to die quietly.”
Moms across Vermont are recovering loudly—these are their stories.

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The Data

100% of perinatal deaths were directly related to substance use from October 2021 to early 2023 in Vermont, according to the Maternal Mortality Review Panel 2024.1

14% of women reported using a substance other than alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy, according to the Vermont Department of Health 2020 PRAMS Highlights.2

1 in 4 women experienced a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder in Vermont from 2018 to 2020 according to Estimating Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Vermont.3

The Stories

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Sources:

  1. Vermont Department of Health. (2024). Report to The Vermont Legislature, Maternal Mortality Review Panel, 2024. https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Legislative-Reports/2024-MMRP-Report-Final.pdf
  2. Vermont Department of Health. (2022). 2020 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Highlights. https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/HSI-stats-PRAMS2020-Highlights.pdf
  3. Platt, I., Pendl-Robinson, E., Dehus, E., O’Neil, S., Vohra, D., & Zivin, K. (Mathematica); Kenny, M. & Pentenrieder, L. (Vermont Department of Health). (2023). Estimating the Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Vermont. https://mathematica.org/publications/societal-costs-of-perinatal-mood-and-anxietydisorders-in-vermont