County Health Dashboard - Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Diseases (2024)

Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease, Alachua County, Florida
IndicatorMeasureYear(s)County NumberCounty RateQuartile

(Most to Least Favorable)

1234

State NumberState Rate
Overall Health Status 1

Life Expectancy

Estimated years of life

Age-Adjusted Death Rate

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

7,048

803.74

739,580

762.7

All Causes Years of Potential Life Lost Under 75

Per 100,000 Population Aged 0-74 Years2022

18,403

6,730.12

1,678,577

8,277.7

Infant Mortality Rate

Rate Per 1,000 Live Births2022

18

6.7

1,346

6.0

Maternal Mortality Rate

Rate Per 100,000 Live Births,2022

1

37.4

34

15.2
Leading Causes of Death 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Heart Diseases

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Angina or Coronary Heart Disease

Percent2021 4.5%

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations from Angina (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

<5

1.6

1,090

6.2

Hospitalizations From Coronary Heart Disease

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

1,789

203.73

228,957

240.7

Deaths From Coronary Heart Disease

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

635

71.72

92,344

89.0

Cancer

Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Total Population2018-20

4,066

484.64

401,755

446.2

Deaths From Cancer

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

1,346

146.54

139,588

138.3

COVID-19

Deaths From COVID-19

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

113

37.5

12,158

35.8

Unintentional Injury

Emergency Department Visits From Non-Fatal Self-Harm Injury

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

129

20.31

12,427

31.8

Hospitalizations from Non-Fatal Self Harm Injuries

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

130

43.84

7,477

34.5

Deaths From Unintentional Injury

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

511

61.73

50,764

69.9

Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Stroke

Percent2021 3.5%

Hospitalizations From Stroke

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

2,347

266.24

219,405

228.1

Deaths From Stroke

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

428

48.94

47,292

45.2

Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)

Hospitalizations From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD) (Including Asthma)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

1,892

242.94

124,955

151.5

Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

273

29.74

33,879

32.2

Diabetes

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Diabetes

Percent2021 11%

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Diabetes (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

369

149.84

23,603

133.9

Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

23,237

2,668.84

2,039,248

2,211.7

Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis Which Resulted in a Diabetes-Attributable Amputation of a Lower Extremity

Per 100,000 Total Population2019-21

402

50.24

32,200

37.2

Deaths From Diabetes

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

181

20.44

23,096

23.4

Alzheimer's Disease

Probable Alzheimer's Cases (Aged 65 Years and Older)

Percent2022

4,722

10.7%4

537,478

11.4%

Deaths From Alzheimer's Disease

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

183

21.04

20,368

18.9

Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

Deaths From Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

105

12.34

11,487

13.1

Nephritis

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Kidney Disease

Percent2021 3.9%

Deaths From Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

109

11.84

10,436

10.3

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Adults who have ever been told they had hypertension

Percent2021 37.1%

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Hypertension (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

6

2.4

603

3.4

Emergency Department Visits From Hypertension

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

2,653

328.64

317,778

404.0

Hospitalizations From Hypertension

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

3,170

358.94

289,167

304.1

Deaths From Hypertension

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

87

9.64

9,851

9.6

Suicide

Students Who, in the Past Year, Felt Sad or Hopeless for Two or More Weeks in a Row and Stopped Doing Usual Activities

Percent2022 37.1%131.5%

Adults Whose Poor Physical or Mental Health Kept Them From Doing Usual Activities on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days Among Adults Who Have Had at Least One Day of Poor Mental or Physical Health

Percent2021 18.4%

Hospitalizations From Mood and Depressive Disorders

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

4,345

501.24

284,915

461.0

Deaths From Suicide

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

111

13.44

9,883

13.6

Parkinson's Disease

Emergency Department Visits From Parkinson'sDisease

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

9

3.1

874

3.9

Hospitalizations From Parkinson's Disease

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

48

16.5

2,807

12.6

Deaths From Parkinson's Disease

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

105

12.04

9,471

8.9

Influenza and Pneumonia

Per 100,000 Total Population

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Bacterial Pneumonia (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

144

58.42

11,495

65.2

Deaths From Influenza and Pneumonia

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

83

9.74

8,913

8.9

Homicide

Deaths From Homicide

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

62

7.72

4,458

7.4

In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms

Deaths From In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

48

5.54

3,754

3.7

Medical and Surgical Care Complications

Deaths From Medical and Surgical Care Complications

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

8

0.9

1,112

1.2

Congenital and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Congenital and Chromosomal Anomaly Infant Deaths (Aged Under 1 Year)

Per 100,000 Live Births2022

3

112.1

225

100.3

Deaths From Congenital Malformations

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

37

5.3

1,768

3.0

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Diagnoses

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

40

13.84

4,606

20.6

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Diagnoses

Per 100,000 Total Population2022

18

6.24

1,983

8.9

Deaths From Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

20

2.6

1,943

2.5
Other Causes of Death and Selected Chronic Diseases 1, 2, 4, 5

Arthritis

Adults Who Have Been Told They Have Some Form of Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Lupus or Fibromyalgia

Percent2021 28.6%

Adults Who Are Limited in Any Way in Any Usual Activities Because of Arthritis

Percent2021 39.1%

Asthma

Students Who Currently Have Asthma

Percent2022 14.6%49.3%

Adults Who Currently Have Asthma

Percent2021 8.4%

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Asthma (Aged 0-4 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 52022

86

611.04

5,433

479.6

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Asthma (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

190

77.14

7,779

44.1

Emergency Department Visits from Asthma

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

2,756

370.54

217,432

381.5

Hospitalizations From Asthma

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

584

84.34

25,460

40.3

Deaths From Asthma

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

10

1.2

628

0.8

Breast Cancer

Women 40 Years of Age and Older Who Received a Mammogram in the Past Year

Percent2020 54.2%

Female Breast Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Females2018-20

636

147.34

55,141

123.5

Deaths From Breast Cancer

Per 100,000 Females2020-22

97

19.64

9,363

18.4

Cervical Cancer

Women Who Received a Pap Test in the Past Year (Aged 18 Years and Older)

Percent2020 40%

Cervical Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Females2018-20

27

7.34

3,110

8.8

Deaths From Cervical Cancer

Per 100,000 Females2020-22

14

3.0

1,120

2.7

Colorectal Cancer

Adults Who Received a Blood Stool Test in the Past Year (Aged 50 Years and Older)

Percent2020 19.8%

Adults Who Received a Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy in the Past Five Years (Aged 50 Years and Older)

Percent2020 53.1%

Colorectal Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Total Population2018-20

293

36.04

30,910

34.7

Deaths From Colorectal Cancer

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

120

13.44

11,972

12.2

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Total Population2018-20

496

57.04

52,310

53.8

Deaths From Lung Cancer

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

291

31.14

31,955

30.7

Melanoma

Melanoma Incidence

Per 100,000 Total Population2018-20

189

23.24

22,374

25.0

Deaths From Melanoma

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

30

3.3

2,075

2.1

Prostate Cancer

Men Who Received a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test in the Past Two Years (Aged 50 Years and Older)

Percent2020 44.4%

Prostate Cancer Incidence

Per 100,000 Males2018-20

443

106.74

41,042

90.5

Deaths From Prostate Cancer

Per 100,000 Males2020-22

99

25.44

7,812

16.6

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema or Chronic Bronchitis

Percent2021 8.2%

Emergency Department Visits From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

2,861

365.01

318,166

471.3

Hospitalizations From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

1,308

158.74

99,495

111.2

Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

273

29.74

33,879

32.2

Epilepsy

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told That They Have a Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy

Percent2019 1.7%42%

Adults With Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy Who Have Had at Least One Seizure in the Past Year

Percent2019 39.3%

Adults With Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy Who Have Seen a Neurologist or Epilepsy Specialist in the Past Year

Percent2019 41.6%

Emergency Department Visits From Epilepsy

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

3,159

396.84

213,979

333.5

Hospitalizations From or With Epilepsy as Any Listed Diagnosis

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

4,768

564.14

296,949

388.3

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Convulsions (Aged 6 Years and Older)

Per 100,000 Population 6 and Older2022

60

21.94

4,787

22.8

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Grand Mal and Other Epileptic Conditions (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

203

82.44

13,539

76.8

Heart Attack

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Heart Attack

Percent2021 4.6%

Deaths From Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

152

17.24

22,416

21.9

Heart Failure

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Congestive Heart Failure (Aged 0-64 Years)

Per 100,000 Population Under 652022

208

84.44

14,071

79.8

Hospitalizations From or With Congestive Heart Failure as Any Listed Diagnosis

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

15,977

1,810.84

1,240,218

1,264.9

Deaths From Heart Failure

Per 100,000 Total Population2020-22

164

18.54

13,198

12.5
County Health Dashboard - Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Diseases (2024)

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