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health. A list of most frequently cited sources can be found below, with full information provided
throughout this report in the footnotes.
Frequently Cited Secondary Data Sources
Source Name
Youth Risk Behavior
Survey (YRBS)
Organization
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; State Departments of
Health
County Health Rankings
and Roadmaps
The University of Wisconsin
Population Health Institute & Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
The Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; Departments of Health
United States Census &
American Community
Survey
United States Census Bureau
Geographic Coverage
• Vermont (State, Counties,
Supervisory Unions)
• New York (State)
• Massachusetts (State)
• Vermont (State, Counties)
• New York (State, Counties)
• Massachusetts (State,
Counties)
• Vermont (State, Health
District)
• New York (State, County)
• Massachusetts (State)
• Nation
• Vermont (State, Counties,
Zip Code, Census Tracts)
• New York (State, Counties,
Zip Code, Census Tracts)
• Massachusetts (State,
Counties, Zip Code, Census
Tracts)
Secondary Data Limitations
Limitations in secondary data should be considered when interpreting this report.
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Each individual data set undoubtedly has its own limitations regarding bias, sample population,
and analysis. Public health organizations utilize statistical methods to mitigate these limitations
during the data collection and analysis phases; the methodology utilized by each organization
can be found by navigating to the source using the information provided in the footnotes.
An additional challenge is presented by SVMC’s service area, which spans parts of five counties
within three states:
• Different states vary in their data publishing schedules, creating difficulties in comparisons
across reports between states.
• Different states or data sources may publish the same metrics at varying geographic levels
(e.g. at the state-level, county-level, zip code-level, or town-level).
• SVMC’s service area does not cover the entirety of all five counties. Much of the data
included in this report are only presented at the county level, resulting in some data that
represents a larger service area than SVMC truly reaches.
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Community Health Needs Assessment 2021