Updated data for Massachusetts

For consistency in benchmarking and measuring the progress of all states, SCLC has been tracking BRFSS data. Here are the results:

Smoking prevalence among adults by frequent poor mental health status

Summit Year 2015: 33.26%    2020: 21.2%

Smoking prevalence among adults by heavy drinking status

Summit Year 2015: 35.57%    2020: 19.1%

In 2020, the smoking rate among adults with Poor Mental Health was at 21.2%. Data for Substance Use Disorder was not provided to SCLC.

View data from all Leadership Academy States.

Poor mental health – self report 14 or more days with poor mental health in the past 30 days

Heavy drinking: 2015 to present defined as consuming on average more than 14 drinks per week for men, more than 7 drinks per week for women; 2011 to 2014 defined as consuming on average more than 2 drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.

Baseline determined using 2013 BRFSS.

Baseline determined at Summit using 2013 MA DOH, BRFSS data.