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10% 15% 20% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 14% 23% 24 HEALTH • Fall 2018 Central Mass. HEALTH CARE e-news weekly SIGN UP TODAY! In this targeted weekly email newsletter, we'll report on the news, changes and trends in our region's health care industry. You'll find interviews of industry leaders, news on health care providers and insurers and close coverage of the industry that has the largest base of employment in the region. There will also be links to top statewide and national health care stories of interest to our audience. If you're an executive in a health care organization, a senior manager in a business who's in charge of keeping up with the latest changes affecting your company or an active and interested consumer, our new Health Care e-news weekly will be a must read for you! Stay informed with our weekly e-newsletter Sign up today to receive it FREE www.wbjournal.com/enews Produced by the publishers of Worcester Business Journal The Region's Quarterly Health Care Magazine HEALTH C E N T R A L M A S S A C H U S E T T S HEALTH CARE Enews Worcester Business Journal WBJ Stats and information from the health care sector PULSE The Most commonly prescribed drugs in Massachusetts paid for by Medicaid Medicaid supported Source: American Dental Association Percentage of Americans with dental insurance coverage by age group Dental coverage Number and percent of opioid-related overdose deaths by detailed occupation (top five) between 2011-2015 Occupational overdoses 90% 66% 68% 65% 34% Age 2-8 Age 19-34 Age 35-39 Age 50-64 Age 65-plus Carpenters - 201 Painters, construction, maintenance - 92 Pipe layers, plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters - 66 Electricians - 62 Construction laborers - 374 34.2% 18.4% 8.4% 6% 5.7% Rate of teen births per 1,000 women age 15-19 in New England states Teen birth rate Percentage of high school students who used illicit drugs High school highs 16.5 Maine Rhode Island 15.8 14.2 11.5 10.6 11 Vermont Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Source: Massachusetts Department of Health Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2018) ProAir HFA (inhaler) 72,399 Suboxone (opioid dependence) 60,137 Omeprazole (heartburn) 35,426 Fluticasone (allergy nasal spray) 34,129 Loratadine (allergy relief pill) 26,690