- Marathon County has more children with up-to-date vaccinations at age two than most surrounding counties.
- Overall, Marathon County has better birth outcomes than state and national comparisons, with decreases in teen pregnancy, low birth weight babies, and infant mortality.
- The Marathon County School-Based Counseling Consortium offers on-site mental health counseling in every Marathon County public school district.
- All Marathon County public middle and high schools participated in the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), marking the third time our community has had local data about the issues that impact youth.
- Marathon County continues to serve as a health care hub with four major health care systems in the community. Access to health care remains high in Marathon County with a higher density of primary care providers than the state of Wisconsin.
- Marathon County has experienced significant reduction in emergency detentions for individuals with a mental health crisis with the formation of two Crisis Assessment Response Teams (CART) that pair a law enforcement officer with a crisis professional.
- As a community, Marathon County has responded to raise awareness and address the opioid epidemic with prevention, treatment, and enforcement efforts.
- The number of mental health care providers has increased significantly in Marathon County.
- The impact of prescription and illegal drug use is continuing in Marathon County with an increase in overdose deaths, drug arrest rates, and felony and misdemeanor drug charges.
- Alcohol continues to be the most frequently consumed substance of use and misuse in Marathon County, among both teens and adults.
- Marathon County has experienced a significant Increase in child abuse & neglect and out-of-home placements, impacting hundreds of children and families and resulting in an increase of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and childhood trauma.
- E-cigarettes are a growing concern with more Marathon County teens reporting that they had tried vaping e-cigarettes (38%) than smoking cigarettes (20%).
- Falls continue to be the leading cause of unintentional injury death in Marathon County.
- Marathon County is working on a community-wide plan to address the treatment and recovery of substance abuse.
