Vermont Tracking Data & Metadata
At the broadest level, data on the Vermont Tracking Portal come from various state and national sources, depending on the particular topic.
Topic |
Source |
Air Quality |
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation |
Asthma Hospitalizations |
Vermont Department of Financial Regulation |
Birth Defects |
Vermont Department of Health - Birth Information Network |
Cancer |
Vermont Department of Health - Cancer Registry |
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Mortality |
Vermont Department of Health - Vital Statistics System |
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hospitalizations and ED Visits |
Vermont Department of Financial Regulation |
Drinking Water |
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation |
Heart Attack Hospitalizations |
Vermont Department of Financial Regulation |
Housing |
U.S. Bureau of the Census - Year 2000 |
Childhood Lead Poisoning |
Vermont Department of Health - Lead Surveillance System |
Poverty |
U.S. Bureau of the Census - Year 2000 |
Reproductive Health |
Vermont Department of Health - Vital Statistics System; |
Metadata are "data about data." Metadata describe the content, quality, and context of a dataset and provide links to additional information such as quality assurance documents and data dictionaries.
Details about how the data were collected and statistics calculated are described in metadata documents on the Vermont Tracking Portal.
