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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.

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Leading Causes of Death, Florida - 2024
Rank	0-17	18-24	25-44	45-64	65-84	85+	All Ages
1	Perinatal Period Conditions 639	Unintentional Injury 684	Unintentional Injury 3,427	Cancer 9,541	Cancer 28,583	Heart Disease 19,031	Heart Disease 49,440
2	Unintentional Injury 432	Suicide 251	Cancer 1,017	Heart Disease 6,634	Heart Disease 22,786	Cancer 8,690	Cancer 47,990
3	Congenital Malformations 314	Homicide 191	Suicide 955	Unintentional Injury 3,588	Stroke 7,210	Stroke 8,477	Stroke 17,151
4	Homicide 114	Cancer 62	Heart Disease 901	Diabetes 1,619	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 6,791	Alzheimer's Disease 3,442	Unintentional Injury 14,235
5	Cancer 97	Heart Disease 45	Homicide 506	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,469	Diabetes 4,117	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 3,199	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 11,205
6	Suicide 77	Congenital Malformations 17	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 332	Stroke 1,284	Unintentional Injury 3,612	Unintentional Injury 2,492	Diabetes 7,321
7	Heart Disease 43	Anemias 12	Diabetes 190	Suicide 1,187	Alzheimer's Disease 2,522	Diabetes 1,384	Alzheimer's Disease 6,060
8	Influenza and Pneumonia 22	Influenza and Pneumonia 11	Stroke 161	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 1,144	Parkinson's Disease 2,102	Hypertension 1,192	Suicide 3,590
9	Septicemia 18	Diabetes 9	HIV/AIDS 114	Hypertension 522	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis 1,865	Parkinson's Disease 1,174	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 3,486
10	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 14	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 7	Influenza and Pneumonia 87	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis 495	Hypertension 1,633	COVID-19 1,040	Hypertension 3,412

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Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease, Polk County, Florida

Indicator

Year(s)

Measure Type

Quartile

1234

County Number

County Rate

State Number

State Rate

Overall Health Status ¹

Life Expectancy

Estimated years of life

Age-Adjusted Death Rate

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

25,442

791.4

696,535

687.6

All Causes Years of Potential Life Lost Under 75

2024

Per 100,000 Population Aged 0-74 Years

60,538

8,070.8

1,471,348

7,081.9

Infant Mortality Rate

2024

Rate Per 1,000 Live Births

7.6

1,276

5.7

Maternal Mortality Rate

2024

Rate Per 100,000 Live Births,

10.6

18.7

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

2023

Percent

5.2%

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

8.0

1,130

6.3

Hospitalizations From Coronary Heart Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

9,429

299.1

243,605

245.0

Deaths From Coronary Heart Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

2,718

80.9

88,574

82.2

Cancer

Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Total Population

13,836

459.5

434,609

459.0

Deaths From Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

5,040

151.1

142,056

135.0

COVID-19

Deaths From COVID-19

2024

Per 100,000 Total Population

118

10.0

2,423

6.5

Unintentional Injury

Emergency Department Visits From Non-Fatal Self-Harm Injury

2024

Per 100,000 Total Population

501

66.3

11,238

55.8

Hospitalizations from Non-Fatal Self Harm Injuries

2024

Per 100,000 Total Population

314

39.4

7,082

31.3

Deaths From Unintentional Injury

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,569

62.0

47,793

62.0

Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Stroke

2023

Percent

3.6%

Hospitalizations From Stroke

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

8,505

268.6

243,371

242.4

Deaths From Stroke

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,689

50.8

50,008

46.0

Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)

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

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

6,230

215.3

135,150

162.5

Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,447

41.7

33,586

30.5

Diabetes

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Diabetes

2023

Percent

12.5%

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

1,363

205.7

26,156

144.9

Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

100,245

3,246.7

2,210,433

2,283.0

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

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,739

58.9

36,541

39.5

Deaths From Diabetes

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,001

30.6

22,159

21.4

Alzheimer's Disease

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

2024

Percent

17,349

10.9%

557,084

11.1%

Deaths From Alzheimer's Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

505

14.9

18,431

16.5

Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

Deaths From Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

378

12.6

10,861

11.9

Nephritis

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Kidney Disease

2023

Percent

4.9%

Deaths From Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

430

13.0

10,708

10.2

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Adults who have ever been told they had hypertension

2023

Percent

35.9%

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

3.8

650

3.6

Emergency Department Visits From Hypertension

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

16,149

615.4

371,155

452.9

Hospitalizations From Hypertension

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

13,651

435.8

325,939

329.0

Deaths From Hypertension

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

312

9.5

10,174

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

2024

Percent

28.1%

27.6%

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

2023

Percent

18.7%

Hospitalizations From Mood and Depressive Disorders

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

9,896

436.0

279,927

438.7

Deaths From Suicide

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

378

14.7

10,594

14.0

Parkinson's Disease

Emergency Department Visits From Parkinson's Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

2.7

2,881

2.7

Hospitalizations From Parkinson's Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

302

8.7

10,555

9.7

Deaths From Parkinson's Disease

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

284

8.1

9,810

8.8

Influenza and Pneumonia

Per 100,000 Total Population

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

538

81.2

16,346

90.5

Deaths From Influenza and Pneumonia

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

499

15.2

8,800

8.4

Homicide

Deaths From Homicide

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

104

4.7

3,979

6.4

In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms

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

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

115

3.5

3,891

3.6

Medical and Surgical Care Complications

Deaths From Medical and Surgical Care Complications

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

0.8

599

0.6

Congenital and Chromosomal Abnormalities

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

2024

Per 100,000 Live Births

126.8

256

114.1

Deaths From Congenital Malformations

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

3.0

1,858

3.0

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Diagnoses

2024

Per 100,000 Total Population

140

17.0

4,463

19.4

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Diagnoses

2024

Per 100,000 Total Population

8.9

1,973

8.6

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

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

2.6

1,787

2.2

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

2023

Percent

26.3%

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

2021

Percent

39.1%

Asthma

Students Who Currently Have Asthma

2024

Percent

11.6%

8.9%

Adults Who Currently Have Asthma

2023

Percent

8.5%

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 5

203

439.2

6,158

536.5

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

401

60.5

9,252

51.2

Emergency Department Visits from Asthma

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

13,915

647.8

252,438

432.1

Hospitalizations From Asthma

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,344

56.8

31,110

48.8

Deaths From Asthma

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

0.8

589

0.7

Breast Cancer

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

2023

Percent

53.1%

Female Breast Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Females

1,807

122.2

60,225

129.5

Deaths From Breast Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Females

333

20.4

9,752

18.5

Cervical Cancer

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

2023

Percent

38.1%

Cervical Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Females

134

11.7

3,262

8.9

Deaths From Cervical Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Females

3.8

1,103

2.5

Colorectal Cancer

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

2023

Percent

19.1%

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

2022

Percent

66.2%

Colorectal Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,186

40.9

32,949

35.7

Deaths From Colorectal Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

469

14.5

12,480

12.3

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,932

58.7

52,866

51.3

Deaths From Lung Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,166

33.6

31,036

28.5

Melanoma

Melanoma Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Total Population

806

27.7

24,607

26.1

Deaths From Melanoma

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1.8

2,156

2.1

Prostate Cancer

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

2020

Percent

44.4%

Prostate Cancer Incidence

2020-22

Per 100,000 Males

1,734

111.3

50,769

105.2

Deaths From Prostate Cancer

2022-24

Per 100,000 Males

290

18.2

8,133

16.6

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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

2023

Percent

6.8%

Emergency Department Visits From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

20,367

841.0

370,639

529.9

Hospitalizations From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

4,886

158.5

104,040

113.7

Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

1,447

41.7

33,586

30.5

Epilepsy

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

2023

Percent

2.2%

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

2023

Percent

32.6%

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

2022

Percent

43.4%

Emergency Department Visits From Epilepsy

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

12,595

539.6

233,630

352.7

Hospitalizations From or With Epilepsy as Any Listed Diagnosis

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

12,576

470.8

323,540

408.8

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population 6 and Older

196

25.6

5,814

26.8

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

668

100.8

15,713

87.0

Heart Attack

Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Heart Attack

2023

Percent

5.7%

Deaths From Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

633

18.9

20,467

19.2

Heart Failure

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

2024

Per 100,000 Population Under 65

860

129.8

15,863

87.9

Hospitalizations From or With Congestive Heart Failure as Any Listed Diagnosis

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

58,190

1,811.6

1,455,677

1,424.8

Deaths From Heart Failure

2022-24

Per 100,000 Total Population

604

18.0

13,863

12.7

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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

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Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Diseases

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