Social and Mental Health

Behavioral health refers to mental health and substance use disorders, life stressors and crises, and stress-related physical symptoms. Behavioral health care refers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of those conditions. 1 Data in this report summarize annual statistics about behavioral health outcomes, complications and service availability. Graphs and tables below compare county and Florida data.

Data Source: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Data Source: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV)
Data Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
Social and Mental Health, Alachua County, Florida
   
IndicatorsYear(s)Measure TypeFavorability Quartile 
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County CountCounty RateState Rate
Crime and Domestic Violence 2
Index Crimes2022-24Rate Per 100,000 Population35,061574.8499.0
Larceny2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population32,072233.2213.3
Burglary2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population3892100.490.4
Aggravated Assault2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population31,059119.2100.3
Motor Vehicle Theft2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population339043.941.2
Robbery2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population426830.227.9
Rape2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population421023.69.0
Murder2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population414816.79.6
Forcible Sex Offenses2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population321424.19.1
Domestic Violence Offenses2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population32,355265.1306.8
Alcohol-suspected Motor Vehicle Crashes 3
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes2022-24Rate Per 100,000 Population116819.122.4
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Injuries2022-24Rate Per 100,000 Population29210.413.4
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities2022-24Rate Per 100,000 Population2171.91.6
Suicide 4
Deaths From Suicide2022-24Rate Per 100,000 Population112113.715.6
Mental Disorders 5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population4100231,128.3909.2
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population31203759.1669.4
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 18-21 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population1792747.11,057.1
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 22-24 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population1548675.71,116.1
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 25-44 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population436981,599.91,234.2
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 45-64 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population425911,511.01,009.0
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 65-74 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population4776947.5650.8
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 75 Years and Older)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population4415712.8446.9
Hospitalizations From Mood and Depressive Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population33749422.0398.3
Hospitalizations From Schizophrenic Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population41851208.4226.0
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders, Except Drug and Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population36198697.7683.5
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population15529622.4885.1
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population1322203.2334.9
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 18 Years and Older)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population15207713.41,015.8
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders, Except Drug and Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorders2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population12730307.3505.6
Hospitalizations From or With Eating Disorders as Any Listed Diagnosis (Aged 12-18 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population4112136.963.0
Hospitalizations From or With Eating Disorders as Any Listed Diagnosis (Aged 19-21 Years)2023-25Rate Per 100,000 Population34151.225.9
Mental Health Status and Complications 6, 7
Adults Who Have a Cognitive Disability 2022Percent 211.813.5
Adults Who Had Poor Mental Health on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days2022Percent315.215.0
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Depressive Disorder2022Percent218.217.8
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 Health2022Percent18.9
Adults With Good Mental Health2022Percent384.885.0
Average Number of Unhealthy Mental Days in the Past 30 Days2019Days4.14.4
Average Number of Days Where Poor Mental or Physical Health Interfered With Activities of Daily Living in the Past 30 Days Among Adults Who Have Had at Least One Day of Poor Mental or Physical Health2019Days4.35.6
Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disability (Kindergarten - 12th Grade)2023-25Percent of K-12 Students11850.20.4
Students Who, in the Past Year, Did Something to Purposely Hurt Themselves Without Wanting to Die2024Percent of Students Aged 11-17314.911.9
Students Who, in the Past Year, Felt Sad or Hopeless for Two or More Weeks in a Row and Stopped Doing Usual Activities2024Percent of Students Aged 11-17329.627.7
Students Who Have Felt Depressed or Sad on Most Days2025Percent of Students Aged 11-1737.7
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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.

  • Rates per 100,000 are age-adjusted 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 American Medical Association, What is behavioral health?

  • 2 Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

  • 3 Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV)

  • 4 Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics

  • 5 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)

  • 6 Florida Department of Education (DOE)

  • 7 Florida Department of Health, Division of Community Health Promotion, Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS) and Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS)