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 TypeQuartile 
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County NumberCounty RateState Rate
Crime and Domestic Violence 2
Index Crimes2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population35,036587.3484.2
Larceny2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population31,797209.6191.2
Burglary2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population3957111.694.3
Aggravated Assault2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population31,077125.6103.4
Motor Vehicle Theft2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population350458.846.9
Robbery2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population432638.027.3
Rape2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population421925.510.2
Murder2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population414917.410.4
Forcible Sex Offenses2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population421925.510.2
Domestic Violence Offenses2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population32,544296.7309.1
Alcohol-suspected Motor Vehicle Crashes 3
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population115918.523.1
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Injuries2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population18910.413.7
Alcohol Confirmed Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities2021-23 Rate Per 100,000 Population2151.71.8
Suicide 4
Deaths From Suicide2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population112113.715.6
Mental Disorders 5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population4103461,175.1913.9
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population31271806.2678.9
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 18-21 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population2863839.01,138.6
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 22-24 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population1561699.81,167.4
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 25-44 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population438441,668.71,256.5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 45-64 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population426541,535.3998.8
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 65-74 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population4760933.1610.5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 75 Years and Older)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population4393713.0432.0
Hospitalizations From Mood and Depressive Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population33911444.2411.2
Hospitalizations From Schizophrenic Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population41923218.4228.5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders, Except Drug and Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population46508739.2696.9
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population15721649.8910.4
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population1362229.6350.9
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 18 Years and Older)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population15359741.41,044.9
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders, Except Drug and Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorders2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population12767314.3520.7
Hospitalizations From or With Eating Disorders as Any Listed Diagnosis (Aged 12-18 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population4119150.967.1
Hospitalizations From or With Eating Disorders as Any Listed Diagnosis (Aged 19-21 Years)2022-24 Rate Per 100,000 Population43544.826.3
Mental Health Status and Complications 6, 7
Adults Who Have a Cognitive Disability 2022 Percent 11.813.5
Adults Who Had Poor Mental Health on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days2022 Percent15.215.0
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Depressive Disorder2022 Percent18.217.8
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 Health2022 Percent8.9
Adults With Good Mental Health2022 Percent384.885.0
Average Number of Unhealthy Mental Days in the Past 30 Days2019 Days4.14.4
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 Health2019 Days4.35.6
Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disability (Kindergarten - 12th Grade)2022-24 Percent of K-12 Students12240.30.4
Students Who, in the Past Year, Did Something to Purposely Hurt Themselves Without Wanting to Die2024 Percent of Students Aged 11-1714.911.9
Students Who, in the Past Year, Felt Sad or Hopeless for Two or More Weeks in a Row and Stopped Doing Usual Activities2024 Percent of Students Aged 11-1729.627.7
Students Who Have Felt Depressed or Sad on Most Days2024 Percent of Students Aged 11-1740.8
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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)