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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.

Floridians today are expected to live 7.4 years longer (78.4 years) than they were in 1970 (71.0 years).

In 2021, 261,246 Florida residents died. The overall age adjusted death rate (AADR) in 2021 was 802.9 compared to 1,130.5 in 1970, a change of 28.98%. The gap between age-adjusted death rates of the Black and White populations has decreased, but the Black population continues to experience a higher rate. The Black AADR was 976.8 in 2021 compared to 1548.1 in 1970 whereas the White AADR was 782.9 in 2021 compared to 1074.2 in 1970. The Hispanic age-adjusted death rate has been measured since 2004. The Hispanic age-adjusted death rate has increased from 592.2 per 100,000 persons in 2004 to 648.5 per 100,000 persons in 2021.

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Leading Causes of Death, Florida - 2022
Rank	Under 1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	All Ages
1	Perinatal Period Conditions	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Unintentional Injury	Cancer	Cancer	Cancer	Cancer	Heart Disease	Heart Disease
2	Congenital Malformations	Congenital Malformations	Cancer	Cancer	Homicide	Homicide	Suicide	Cancer	Unintentional Injury	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Cancer	Cancer
3	Unintentional Injury	Homicide	Congenital Malformations	Suicide	Suicide	Suicide	Homicide	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Unintentional Injury	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	Stroke	Stroke	Unintentional Injury
4	Heart Disease	Cancer	Homicide	Congenital Malformations	Cancer	Cancer	Cancer	Suicide	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Diabetes	COVID-19	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	COVID-19	Stroke
5	Septicemia	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Homicide	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Heart Disease	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Suicide	COVID-19	Stroke	COVID-19	Alzheimer's Disease	COVID-19
6	Influenza and Pneumonia	Septicemia	COVID-19	Heart Disease	Congenital Malformations	Diabetes	COVID-19	Homicide	Diabetes	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Diabetes	Diabetes	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
7	COVID-19	Influenza and Pneumonia	Anemias	COVID-19	Influenza and Pneumonia	COVID-19	Diabetes	COVID-19	COVID-19	Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	Unintentional Injury	Alzheimer's Disease	Unintentional Injury	Diabetes
8	Homicide	Stroke	Medical & Surgical Care Complications	Stroke	Diabetes	Influenza and Pneumonia	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Diabetes	Stroke	Stroke	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Unintentional Injury	Diabetes	Alzheimer's Disease
9	Stroke	Perinatal Period Conditions	Benign Neoplasm	Influenza and Pneumonia	COVID-19	HIV/AIDS	HIV/AIDS	Stroke	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Suicide	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Parkinson's Disease	Hypertension	Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
10	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Benign Neoplasm	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Anemias	Septicemia	Congenital Malformations	Congenital Malformations	HIV/AIDS	Homicide	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Septicemia	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis	Parkinson's Disease	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis

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Leading Causes of Death and Chronic Disease, Alachua County, Florida
Indicator	Measure	Year(s)	County Number	County Rate	Quartile (Most to Least Favorable) 1234	State Number	State Rate
Overall Health Status ¹
Life Expectancy	Estimated years of life
Age-Adjusted Death Rate	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	7,048	803.7	4th Quartile4	739,580	762.7
All Causes Years of Potential Life Lost Under 75	Per 100,000 Population Aged 0-74 Years	2022	18,403	6,730.1	2nd Quartile2	1,678,577	8,277.7
Infant Mortality Rate	Rate Per 1,000 Live Births	2022	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	Percent	2021					4.5%
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations from Angina (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	<5	1.6		1,090	6.2
Hospitalizations From Coronary Heart Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	1,789	203.7	3rd Quartile3	228,957	240.7
Deaths From Coronary Heart Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	635	71.7	2nd Quartile2	92,344	89.0
Cancer
Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Total Population	2018-20	4,066	484.6	4th Quartile4	401,755	446.2
Deaths From Cancer	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	1,346	146.5	4th Quartile4	139,588	138.3
COVID-19
Deaths From COVID-19	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	113	37.5		12,158	35.8
Unintentional Injury
Emergency Department Visits From Non-Fatal Self-Harm Injury	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	129	20.3	1st Quartile1	12,427	31.8
Hospitalizations from Non-Fatal Self Harm Injuries	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	130	43.8	4th Quartile4	7,477	34.5
Deaths From Unintentional Injury	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	511	61.7	3rd Quartile3	50,764	69.9
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Stroke	Percent	2021					3.5%
Hospitalizations From Stroke	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	2,347	266.2	4th Quartile4	219,405	228.1
Deaths From Stroke	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	428	48.9	4th Quartile4	47,292	45.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)
Hospitalizations From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD) (Including Asthma)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	1,892	242.9	4th Quartile4	124,955	151.5
Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	273	29.7	4th Quartile4	33,879	32.2
Diabetes
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Diabetes	Percent	2021					11%
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Diabetes (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	369	149.8	4th Quartile4	23,603	133.9
Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	23,237	2,668.8	4th Quartile4	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 Population	2019-21	402	50.2	4th Quartile4	32,200	37.2
Deaths From Diabetes	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	181	20.4	4th Quartile4	23,096	23.4
Alzheimer's Disease
Probable Alzheimer's Cases (Aged 65 Years and Older)	Percent	2022	4,722	10.7%	4th Quartile4	537,478	11.4%
Deaths From Alzheimer's Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	183	21.0	4th Quartile4	20,368	18.9
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
Deaths From Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	105	12.3	4th Quartile4	11,487	13.1
Nephritis
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had Kidney Disease	Percent	2021					3.9%
Deaths From Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	109	11.8	4th Quartile4	10,436	10.3
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Adults who have ever been told they had hypertension	Percent	2021					37.1%
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Hypertension (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	6	2.4		603	3.4
Emergency Department Visits From Hypertension	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	2,653	328.6	4th Quartile4	317,778	404.0
Hospitalizations From Hypertension	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	3,170	358.9	4th Quartile4	289,167	304.1
Deaths From Hypertension	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	87	9.6	4th Quartile4	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	Percent	2022		37.1%	1st Quartile1		31.5%
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	Percent	2021					18.4%
Hospitalizations From Mood and Depressive Disorders	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	4,345	501.2	4th Quartile4	284,915	461.0
Deaths From Suicide	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	111	13.4	4th Quartile4	9,883	13.6
Parkinson's Disease
Emergency Department Visits From Parkinson's Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	9	3.1		874	3.9
Hospitalizations From Parkinson's Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	48	16.5		2,807	12.6
Deaths From Parkinson's Disease	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	105	12.0	4th Quartile4	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 65	2022	144	58.4	2nd Quartile2	11,495	65.2
Deaths From Influenza and Pneumonia	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	83	9.7	4th Quartile4	8,913	8.9
Homicide
Deaths From Homicide	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	62	7.7	2nd Quartile2	4,458	7.4
In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms
Deaths From In Situ, Benign, Uncertain/Unknown Behavior Neoplasms	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	48	5.5	4th Quartile4	3,754	3.7
Medical and Surgical Care Complications
Deaths From Medical and Surgical Care Complications	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	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 Births	2022	3	112.1		225	100.3
Deaths From Congenital Malformations	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	37	5.3		1,768	3.0
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Diagnoses	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	40	13.8	4th Quartile4	4,606	20.6
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Diagnoses	Per 100,000 Total Population	2022	18	6.2	4th Quartile4	1,983	8.9
Deaths From Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	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	Percent	2021					28.6%
Adults Who Are Limited in Any Way in Any Usual Activities Because of Arthritis	Percent	2021					39.1%
Asthma
Students Who Currently Have Asthma	Percent	2022		14.6%	4th Quartile4		9.3%
Adults Who Currently Have Asthma	Percent	2021					8.4%
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Asthma (Aged 0-4 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 5	2022	86	611.0	4th Quartile4	5,433	479.6
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Asthma (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	190	77.1	4th Quartile4	7,779	44.1
Emergency Department Visits from Asthma	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	2,756	370.5	4th Quartile4	217,432	381.5
Hospitalizations From Asthma	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	584	84.3	4th Quartile4	25,460	40.3
Deaths From Asthma	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	10	1.2		628	0.8
Breast Cancer
Women 40 Years of Age and Older Who Received a Mammogram in the Past Year	Percent	2020					54.2%
Female Breast Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Females	2018-20	636	147.3	4th Quartile4	55,141	123.5
Deaths From Breast Cancer	Per 100,000 Females	2020-22	97	19.6	4th Quartile4	9,363	18.4
Cervical Cancer
Women Who Received a Pap Test in the Past Year (Aged 18 Years and Older)	Percent	2020					40%
Cervical Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Females	2018-20	27	7.3	4th Quartile4	3,110	8.8
Deaths From Cervical Cancer	Per 100,000 Females	2020-22	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)	Percent	2020					19.8%
Adults Who Received a Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy in the Past Five Years (Aged 50 Years and Older)	Percent	2020					53.1%
Colorectal Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Total Population	2018-20	293	36.0	4th Quartile4	30,910	34.7
Deaths From Colorectal Cancer	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	120	13.4	4th Quartile4	11,972	12.2
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Total Population	2018-20	496	57.0	4th Quartile4	52,310	53.8
Deaths From Lung Cancer	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	291	31.1	4th Quartile4	31,955	30.7
Melanoma
Melanoma Incidence	Per 100,000 Total Population	2018-20	189	23.2	4th Quartile4	22,374	25.0
Deaths From Melanoma	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	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)	Percent	2020					44.4%
Prostate Cancer Incidence	Per 100,000 Males	2018-20	443	106.7	4th Quartile4	41,042	90.5
Deaths From Prostate Cancer	Per 100,000 Males	2020-22	99	25.4	4th Quartile4	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	Percent	2021					8.2%
Emergency Department Visits From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	2,861	365.0	1st Quartile1	318,166	471.3
Hospitalizations From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	1,308	158.7	4th Quartile4	99,495	111.2
Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	273	29.7	4th Quartile4	33,879	32.2
Epilepsy
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told That They Have a Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy	Percent	2019		1.7%	4th Quartile4		2%
Adults With Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy Who Have Had at Least One Seizure in the Past Year	Percent	2019					39.3%
Adults With Seizure Disorder or Epilepsy Who Have Seen a Neurologist or Epilepsy Specialist in the Past Year	Percent	2019					41.6%
Emergency Department Visits From Epilepsy	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	3,159	396.8	4th Quartile4	213,979	333.5
Hospitalizations From or With Epilepsy as Any Listed Diagnosis	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	4,768	564.1	4th Quartile4	296,949	388.3
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Convulsions (Aged 6 Years and Older)	Per 100,000 Population 6 and Older	2022	60	21.9	4th Quartile4	4,787	22.8
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Grand Mal and Other Epileptic Conditions (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	203	82.4	4th Quartile4	13,539	76.8
Heart Attack
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Heart Attack	Percent	2021					4.6%
Deaths From Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	152	17.2	4th Quartile4	22,416	21.9
Heart Failure
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Congestive Heart Failure (Aged 0-64 Years)	Per 100,000 Population Under 65	2022	208	84.4	4th Quartile4	14,071	79.8
Hospitalizations From or With Congestive Heart Failure as Any Listed Diagnosis	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	15,977	1,810.8	4th Quartile4	1,240,218	1,264.9
Deaths From Heart Failure	Per 100,000 Total Population	2020-22	164	18.5	4th Quartile4	13,198	12.5

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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.
Rate ratios in this report compare rates of two populations. For example, if the ratio of the black rate to the white rate is 2:1 it would mean that the black rate is two times the white rate. A ratio of 0.5:1 would mean that the black rate is half of the white rate. Rate ratios are not calculated when a rate is zero, and the county ratio cell will contain "N/A".
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.
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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