Diabetes is one of the most expensive of the chronic diseases, costing an estimated 11.1 million people have diabetes and another 5.9 million people are …
Public Health Statistics
o Floridians spend approximately 715 billion annually on health care,
representing over 16 of the total gross state product, the second
highest in the nation Agency for Health Care Administration, 2001
Many of these health care costs can be reduced if Floridians adopt
healthier lifestyles and if they seek and receive care at the
appropriate time
o Cardiovascular diseases are consistently the number one cause of death
in the state, with 64,588 deaths occurring in 2000, including 50,016
from heart disease and 10,381 deaths due to strokes Florida Vital
Statistics, 2002 Risk factors for heart disease and stroke,
including hypertension, elevated serum cholesterol, and obesity, are
related to diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors
o Floridas citizens have the highest cancer rates in the country,
related at least in part to a large elder population Cancer is the
second leading cause of death, with 38,622 deaths occurring in 2000
Florida Vital Statistics, 2002 Smoking is associated with
approximately 30 of cancers, and diet appears to play a role in the
etiology of several types of cancer
o Lifestyles associated with obesity, including poor diet and physical
inactivity, are estimated to be responsible for approximately 300,000
deaths each year in the US
o Diabetes is one of the most expensive of the chronic diseases, costing
an estimated 98 billion each year An estimated 111 million people
have diabetes and another 59 million people are believed to have
undiagnosed diabetes
o Florida has consistently ranked third in the nation in number of
reported cases of AIDS and second in the number of pediatric AIDS
caases Florida bureau of HIV/AIDS, 2002
For 2002, statistics related to Leon County, click here
http://wwwdohstateflus/family/chronicdisease/Data/Leonpdf
Click here for more Florida Public Health Statistics from the CDC
http://wwwcdcgov/nccdphp/states/floridahtm
Source:co.leon.fl.us
