County Health Status Summary Profile (2024)

County Health Status Summary Report: Alachua vs. Florida
Indicator	Year(s)	Measure	County	State	County Trend^B (Statistically Significant)	U.S. Healthy People 2030 Goal^C
Socio-Demographics
Total Population¹	2021	Count	275,435	22,005,587
White¹	2021	Count	192,565	16,956,037
Black¹	2021	Count	56,767	3,744,736
Other¹	2021	Count	26,103	1,304,814
Hispanic¹	2021	Count	29,542	5,881,467
Non-Hispanic¹	2021	Count	245,893	16,124,120
Population (Aged 0-17 Years)¹	2021	Count	49,273	4,314,627
Population (Aged 18-64 Years) ¹	2021	Count	184,424	13,004,777
Population (Aged 65 Years and Older)¹	2021	Count	41,738	4,686,183
Median Household Income²	2017-21	Dollars	$53,314	$61,777
Individuals Below Poverty Level²	2017-21	Percent	20.1%	13.1%		8.0%
Unemployed Civilian Labor Force²	2017-21	Percent	4.8%	5.3%
Population That Speak English Less Than Very Well (Aged 5 Years and Older)²	2017-21	Percent	3.6%	11.8%
Individuals With No High School Diploma (Aged 25 Years and Older)²	2017-21	Percent	6.8%	11%
Physical Activity
Adults Who Are Sedentary	2019	Percent	21.8%	26.5%
Adults Who Are Inactive or Insufficiently Active³	2016	Percent	51.7%	56.7%
Adults Who Meet Aerobic Recommendations³	2016	Percent	50.6%	44.8%		59.2%
Adults Who Meet Muscle Strengthening Recommendations³	2019	Percent	39.2%	38.1%		32.1%
Overweight and Obesity
Adults Who Are Overweight³	2019	Percent	27.5%	37.6%
Adults Who Are Obese³	2019	Percent	29.8%	27%		36.0%
Adults Who Have a Healthy Weight³	2019	Percent	40.1%	32.8%
Tobacco Use and Exposure
Adults Who Are Current Smokers	2019	Percent	11.4%	14.8%		16.2%
Adult Current Smokers Who Tried to Quit Smoking at Least Once in the Past Year	2019	Percent	65.8%	59%		65.7%
Adults Who Are Former Smokers	2019	Percent	18.6%	26.3%		10.2%
Adults Who Have Never Smoked	2019	Percent	70%	58.9%
Adults Who Currently Use E-Cigarettes	2019	Percent	6.6%	7.5%
Adults Who Are Former E-Cigarette Users	2019	Percent	17.1%	18.4%
Adults Who Have Never Used E-Cigarettes	2019	Percent	76.2%	74.1%
Health Status and Access to Care
Population Non-Institutionalized Civilians With Health Insurance³	2017-21	Percent	91.8%	87.4%		92.1%
Adults Who Have a Personal Doctor³	2019	Percent	69.3%	72%		84.0%
Adults Who Could Not See a Doctor in the Past Year Due to Cost	2019	Percent	13.8%	16%
Adults Who Had a Medical Checkup in the Past Year³	2019	Percent	76%	78.8%
Licensed Florida Family Practice Physicians⁴	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	48.5	18.8
Licensed Florida Dentists⁴	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	111.0	55.2
Hospital Beds⁵	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	633.9	311.6
County Health Department Full-Time Employees¹²	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	89.4	43.6	NO TREND
Adults Who Received a Flu Shot in the Past Year³	2019	Percent	44.3%	36.9%
Adults Who Have Ever Received a Pneumonia Vaccination³	2019	Percent	37.1%	35.4%
Women Who Received a Mammogram in the Past Year (Aged 40 Years and Older)³	2016	Percent	55.8%	60.8%
Women Who Received a Pap Test in the Past Year (Aged 18 Years and Older)³	2016	Percent	49.5%	48.4%
Men Who Received a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test in the Past Two Years (Aged 50 Years and Older)³	2016	Percent	52.3%	54.9%
Adults Who Received a Blood Stool Test in the Past Year (Aged 50 Years and Older)³	2016	Percent	7.8%	16%
Adults Who Received a Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy in the Past Five Years (Aged 50 Years and Older)³	2016	Percent	51.8%	53.9%
Adults Who Had an Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test in the Past 12 Months (Aged 18-64 Years)³	2016	Percent	17%	19.7%
County Public Health Department Expenditures in Dollars¹²	2019-21	Per person	63.0	33.5
Adults Who Said Their Overall Health Was Fair or Poor	2019	Percent	11.2%	19.7%
Adults Who Said Their Overall Health Was Good to Excellent	2019	Percent	88.8%	80.3%
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	2019	Percent	13%	18.3%
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 Health	2019	Percent	4.3%
Adults With Good Physical Health	2019	Percent	91.7%	86.2%
Adults Who Had Poor Physical Health on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days	2019	Percent	8.3%	13.8%
Average Number of Unhealthy Physical Days in the Past 30 Days	2019	Percent	2.9%
Adults With Good Mental Health	2019	Percent	88.9%	86.2%
Adults Who Had Poor Mental Health on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days	2019	Percent	11.1%	13.8%
Average Number of Unhealthy Mental Days in the Past 30 Days	2019	Percent	4.1%
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Depressive Disorder	2019	Percent	16.7%	17.7%
Chronic Diseases
Coronary Heart Disease
Deaths From Coronary Heart Disease⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	73.1	89.0	NO TREND	71.1
Hospitalizations From Coronary Heart Disease⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	216.5	250.7	BETTER
Stroke
Deaths From Stroke⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	43.0	43.2	NO TREND	33.4
Hospitalizations From Stroke⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	268.1	228.4	NO TREND
Heart Failure
Deaths From Heart Failure⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	15.6	12.6	NO TREND
Hospitalizations From or With Congestive Heart Failure as Any Listed Diagnosis⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	1,807.3	1,243.4	NO TREND	319.7
Lung Cancer
Deaths From Lung Cancer⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	32.1	32.0	NO TREND	25.1
Lung Cancer Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 population	65.4	55.8	NO TREND
Colorectal Cancer
Deaths From Colorectal Cancer⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	15.0	12.2	NO TREND	8.9
Colorectal Cancer Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 population	39.7	35.5	NO TREND
Breast Cancer
Deaths From Breast Cancer⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 females	20.1	18.6	NO TREND	15.3
Female Breast Cancer Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 females	151.1	123.3	NO TREND
Prostate Cancer
Deaths From Prostate Cancer⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 males	25.7	16.3	NO TREND	16.9
Prostate Cancer Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 males	104.0	90.8	NO TREND
Cervical Cancer
Deaths From Cervical Cancer⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 females	2.8	2.7	NO TREND
Cervical Cancer Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 females	8.8	8.9	NO TREND
Melanoma
Deaths From Melanoma⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	2.8	2.1	NO TREND
Melanoma Incidence⁸	2017-19	Per 100,000 population	23.3	25.4	NO TREND
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
Deaths From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD)⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	30.8	33.6	NO TREND
Hospitalizations From Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (CLRD) (Including Asthma)⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	265.1	183.7	BETTER
Hospitalizations From or With Asthma as Any Listed Diagnosis⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	1,041.6	630.1	BETTER
Diabetes
Deaths From Diabetes⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	23.7	22.4	NO TREND
Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis⁷	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	2,718.7	2,243.4	NO TREND
Hospitalizations From or With Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis Which Resulted in a Diabetes-Attributable Amputation of a Lower Extremity	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	50.2	37.2	NO TREND	4.3
Reportable & Infectious Diseases
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Diagnoses⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	6.4	8.2
Campylobacteriosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	18.1	18.2
Chlamydia⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	958.8	485.5	NO TREND
Cryptosporidiosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	2.6	2.0
Cyclosporiasis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	3.3	1.5
Giardiasis, Acute	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	4.3	3.8
Gonorrhea⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	340.4	188.4	WORSE
Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease (Aged 0-4 Years)⁹	2019-21	Count	3	96
Hepatitis A⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	3.6	7.1		0.4
Hepatitis B, Acute⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	3.4	3.0		0.9
Hepatitis B, Chronic⁹	2019-21	Count	137	13,285
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Diagnoses⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	12.6	19.6
Deaths From Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	3.1	2.7	NO TREND
Syphilis, Infectious⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	25.1	17.3	NO TREND
Legionellosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	1.0	2.1
Listeriosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	0.0	0.2		0.2
Measles (Rubeola)⁹	2019-21	Count	0	4
Meningococcal Disease (Aged 0-23 Years)⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	0.0	0.1
Pertussis⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	0.2	1.0
Rubella⁹	2019-21	Count	0	0
Salmonellosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	34.3	30.9		11.1
Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Infection	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	4.3	2.8		3.2
Shigellosis	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	3.1	3.9
Streptococcus pneumoniae Invasive Disease (Aged 0-5 Years)⁹	2019-21	Count	2	205
Tetanus⁹	2019-21	Count	0	11
Tuberculosis (TB)⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	2.1	2.3	NO TREND	1.4
Varicella⁹	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	1.6	2.6
Vibriosis (Excluding Cholera)	2018-20	Per 100,000 population	2.5	1.1
Maternal, Infant & Young Child Health
Births to Mothers With 1st Trimester Prenatal Care⁶	2019-21	Percent	79.1%	75.3%	WORSE	80.5%
Preterm With Low Birth Weight	2019-21	Percent	7.3%	6.1%
Live Births Under 2500 Grams (Low Birth Weight)⁶	2019-21	Percent	10.6%	8.8%	NO TREND
Preterm Births (<37 Weeks Gestation)⁶	2019-21	Percent	11.9%	10.6%	NO TREND	9.4%
Multiple Births⁶	2019-21	Percent	3.6%	3.1%	NO TREND
Births (Aged 15-19 Years)⁶	2019-21	Per 1,000 females 15-19	8.8	14.9	NO TREND	31.4
Repeat Births to Mothers (Aged 15-19 Years)⁶	2019-21	Percent	11.7%	13.5%	NO TREND
Infant Mortality (Aged 0-364 Days)⁶	2019-21	Per 1,000 live births	10.0	5.9	NO TREND	5.0
Neonatal Mortality (Aged 0-27 Days)⁶	2019-21	Per 1,000 live births	7.4	4.0	NO TREND
Postneonatal Mortality (Aged 28-364 Days)⁶	2019-21	Per 1,000 live births	2.6	1.9	NO TREND
Fetal Deaths (Stillbirths)⁶	2019-21	Per 1,000 deliveries	7.7	7.0	NO TREND	5.7
Mothers Who Initiate Breastfeeding⁶	2019-21	Percent	86.4%	85.5%
Immunization Levels in Kindergarten¹⁰	2019-21	Percent	94.3%	93.5%
Unintentional Injuries
Deaths From Unintentional Injury⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	56.7	65.3	NO TREND	43.2
Deaths From Motor Vehicle Crashes⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	15.2	15.8	NO TREND	10.1
Social and Physical Environment
Murder¹¹	2018-20	Per 100,000 population	4.5	5.5
Domestic Violence Offenses¹¹	2018-20	Per 100,000 population	582.5	495.9
Deaths From Suicide⁶	2019-21	Per 100,000 population	12.5	13.8	NO TREND	12.8

Data Note(s)

¹Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Community Health Assessment, Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR)
²US Census Bureau
³Florida Department of Health Division of Community Health Promotion
⁴Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance
⁵Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Certificate of Need Office
⁶Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
⁷Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
⁸University of Miami (FL) Medical School, Florida Cancer Data System
⁹Florida Department of Health, Division of Disease Control
¹⁰Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Immunization
¹¹Florida Department of Law Enforcement
¹²Florida Department of Health, Contract Management System

All age-adjusted rates on this report are 3-year rates per 100,000 and are calculated using the 2000 Standard US Population and July 1 population estimates from the Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The population data for 2001-2010, along with rates affected by the population data, have been updated on FLHealthCHARTS. Following a census, it is customary to revise population projections for the intercensal years based on information from the latest census. Revising the population data from what was predicted to actual estimates ensures accurate accounting of the racial, ethnic, and gender distribution of the population. These changes affect the population data and rates calculated for your community.

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County Health Status Summary Profile (2024)

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