Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Diseases

The Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease report provides data for the top 10 causes of death and selected chronic diseases by county. When available, behaviors, incidence or prevalence, emergency department or hospital visits, and death data are presented.

In the Leading Causes of Death chart below, explore the death indicators to see the age groups most impacted by that cause of death. The top 10 causes are provided for each age group and vary over time. The chart provides data for Florida, whereas the data table, Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease, is specific to the county selected.




   

Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease, Pasco County, Florida
IndicatorYear(s)Measure TypeFavorability Quartile 
1234
County CountCounty RateState CountState Rate
Overall Health Status 1
Life Expectancy
2022-24 Estimated years of life
77.5
79.7
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
22,219
804.4
696,535
687.6
2024 Per 100,000 Population Aged 0-74 Years2
45,909
8,127.2
1,471,348
7,081.9
2024 Rate Per 1,000 Live Births2
37
5.9
1,276
5.7
2024 Rate Per 100,000 Live Births,
2
32.0
42
18.7
Leading Causes of Death 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Heart Diseases
2024 Percent
4%
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 653
43
8.5
1,229
6.7
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population4
9,776
349.1
251,404
247.5
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
2,514
85.9
88,574
82.2
Cancer
2021-23 Per 100,000 Total Population3
13,516
518.0
458,642
474.1
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
4,450
154.5
142,056
135.0
COVID-19
2024 Per 100,000 Total Population3
79
7.6
2,423
6.5
Unintentional Injury
     Emergency Department Visits From Non-Fatal Self-Harm Injury
2025 Per 100,000 Total Population
533
94.8
12,038
58.9
     Hospitalizations from Non-Fatal Self Harm Injuries
2025 Per 100,000 Total Population
237
37.5
7,151
31.0
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
1,862
88.8
47,793
62.0
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)
2024 Percent
3.8%
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population2
7,215
253.9
256,880
249.7
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population1
1,101
37.6
50,008
46.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population4
5,086
203.4
137,895
161.3
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
1,318
43.5
33,586
30.5
Diabetes
2024 Percent
11.9%
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 653
960
189.2
27,305
149.3
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
77,326
2,818.5
2,342,068
2,362.7
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population2
1,135
44.2
37,814
40.0
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
731
26.1
22,159
21.4
Alzheimer's Disease
2025 Percent3
15,782
11.2%
573,806
11.3%
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
431
14.3
18,431
16.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
383
14.8
10,861
11.9
Nephritis
2024 Percent
4.5%
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
268
9.3
10,708
10.2
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
2024 Percent
37.6%
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 652
19
3.7
691
3.8
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population1
7,814
340.9
402,378
481.4
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
10,347
362.8
339,780
333.7
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
388
13.2
10,174
9.6
Suicide
2025 Percent
25.3%
2024 Percent
19.4%
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
7,989
454.6
275,286
423.0
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
339
16.4
10,594
14.0
Parkinson's Disease
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population2
72
2.4
3,136
2.9
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
321
10.2
12,487
11.1
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
268
8.8
9,810
8.8
Influenza and Pneumonia
Per 100,000 Total Population
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 653
484
95.4
13,800
75.5
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population1
221
7.8
8,800
8.4
Homicide
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
75
4.4
3,979
6.4
In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
103
3.6
3,891
3.6
Medical and Surgical Care Complications
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
14
0.6
599
0.6
Congenital and Chromosomal Abnormalities
2024 Per 100,000 Live Births
11
175.9
256
114.1
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population1
39
2.5
1,858
3.0
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
2024 Per 100,000 Total Population2
45
7.2
4,463
19.4
2024 Per 100,000 Total Population1
24
3.8
1,973
8.6
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
30
1.2
1,787
2.2
Other Causes of Death and Selected Chronic Diseases 1, 2, 4, 5
Arthritis
2024 Percent
27.5%
2021 Percent
39.1%
Asthma
2025 Percent
8.4%
2024 Percent
9.1%
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 52
31
100.0
1,465
126.9
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 652
198
39.0
8,511
46.6
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population1
5,123
312.3
254,624
427.5
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
812
44.6
32,411
49.9
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population4
23
1.1
589
0.7
Breast Cancer
2024 Percent
58.3%
2021-23 Per 100,000 Females2
1,716
133.0
63,099
133.7
2022-24 Per 100,000 Females3
281
20.0
9,752
18.5
Cervical Cancer
2023 Percent
38.1%
2021-23 Per 100,000 Females1
84
8.1
3,497
9.5
2022-24 Per 100,000 Females3
36
3.2
1,103
2.5
Colorectal Cancer
2024 Percent
33%
2024 Percent
3.8%
2021-23 Per 100,000 Total Population3
1,018
39.8
34,858
37.1
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
392
14.1
12,480
12.3
Lung Cancer
2021-23 Per 100,000 Total Population3
1,849
64.0
54,397
51.5
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
1,086
36.0
31,036
28.5
Melanoma
2021-23 Per 100,000 Total Population3
803
31.6
26,579
27.5
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
68
2.5
2,156
2.1
Prostate Cancer
2020 Percent
44.4%
2021-23 Per 100,000 Males2
1,399
103.5
55,916
113.0
2022-24 Per 100,000 Males2
224
16.3
8,133
16.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
2024 Percent
7.1%
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population2
10,248
508.6
380,132
527.5
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population4
4,274
158.8
105,484
111.4
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population2
1,318
43.5
33,586
30.5
Epilepsy
2024 Percent
1.7%
2024 Percent
30%
2022 Percent
43.4%
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
7,818
423.4
242,772
360.8
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
11,343
498.5
343,508
425.6
2025 Per 100,000 Population 6 and Older3
178
29.2
5,852
26.6
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 653
524
103.3
17,345
94.9
Heart Attack
2024 Percent
5.1%
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population1
511
17.8
20,467
19.2
Heart Failure
2025 Per 100,000 Population Under 652
491
96.8
16,321
89.3
2023-25 Per 100,000 Total Population3
55,216
1,902.8
1,577,393
1,505.1
2022-24 Per 100,000 Total Population3
512
17.3
13,863
12.7
10/16/2026 8:58:27 PM

Data Note(s)

FLHealthCHARTS.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.

  • All indicators in this profile, except the indicators from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), report rates based on the entire black population and entire white population. Indicators from the BRFSS only include non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites in the rates reported. These indicators all begin with the word "Adults".

  • When race and ethnicity data are not available, rate ratios are not provided.

  • Cancer incidence counts are suppressed (left blank) when counts are between 1 and 9.

  • Age-adjusted death rates are computed using the year 2000 standard population.

  • Green, yellow, orange and red county quartiles represent the most to the least favorable situation (1st to 4th quartile). Light to dark blue county quartiles represent density from lowest to highest (1st to 4th).

  • Data Sources

  • 1 Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics

  • 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida Department of Health, Division of Community Health Promotion

  • 3 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)

  • 4 University of Miami (FL) Medical School, Florida Cancer Data System

  • 5 Florida Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA)

  • 6 Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases