Vermonters care about their communities.

As a result, Vermont ranks among the top for overall Community Health and Civic Life on the Opportunity Index (2018). Contributing to the high scores are the high number of doctors per capita (second highest rate in the nation) and the 33.7% of Vermont adults that volunteer their time for community organizations.

With a plentiful supply of fresh local food and the ever-present allure of the outdoors, it’s not hard to believe that we have some of the healthiest residents in the nation.

And our healthy lifestyles start young: 98% of our state’s children have health insurance, and fewer than one in four struggle with weight issues.

Most Vermonters see a doctor in one of our intimate small-town hospitals. For bigger medical matters, University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH are both Level One trauma centers and provide top-notch care in a variety of specialties.

Healthy living is just part of life here.