Deaths From All Causes - Florida Health CHARTS (2024)

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Cancer and heart disease have been the top two leading causes of death in Florida for decades, accounting for 40.5% of all deaths in 2022. Among cancer deaths, lung cancer is the most common, accounting for 22.1% of cancer deaths in 2022.

#36 Florida's 2022 Rank

The 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance identifies a range of health care system deficiencies, and how they have been exacerbated by the pandemic. See why Florida ranked #36 this year.

Leading causes of unintentional childhood injury and death in Florida include falls, drowning, burns and poisoning.

Anyone may obtain certified copies without the cause of death information. The cause of death becomes public information after 50 years from the date of death.

Medical Examiner case files are public record, 119.011(1)F.S. Any person may obtain a copy. Copies of autopsy reports are provided free to immediate next of kin (spouse, child,parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchildren).

Anyone can access public records in Florida. According to Chapter 119 of Florida Statutes, state, county, and municipal records can be inspected by "any person." State laws also describe access as a "mandated duty." To obtain a record, you must contact whoever's been appointed or elected to maintain the records.

1. Heart Disease. Heart disease remained the top killer in the U.S. in 2022, accounting for 21.4% of deaths and an additional 7,333 deaths compared with 2021.

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In 2022, the CDC estimates life expectancy at birth in the U.S. increased to 77.5 years, up 1.1 years from 76.4 years in 2021, but still down 1.3 years from 78.8 years in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the US Census Bureau state to state migration flows, an estimated 275,266 people left Florida in 2022. That means that nearly 754 people are choosing to leave Florida every day and nearly 23,000 people are leaving each month (as of 2022).

The number 1 hospital in Florida is Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville. See also Best Children's Hospitals in Florida.

Marco Island

The largest of Florida's Ten Thousand Islands, Marco Island is the safest area in Florida, according to the FBI's data. It does have a high cost of living—with a median home price of $1.3 million. But some might say the white sandy beaches there make it priceless.

Heart disease was a leading cause of death among all Floridians, except those aged 5 through 14 years. Suicide was a leading cause of death among those aged 5 through 54 years.

The top three leading causes of preventable injury-related death (poisoning, falls, and motor vehicle) account for 86% of all preventable deaths. No other preventable cause of death (including suffocation, drowning, fires and burns, and natural or environmental disasters ) accounts for more than 3% of the total.

Unhealthy eating and physical inactivity are leading causes of death in the U.S. Unhealthy diet contributes to approximately 678,000 deaths each year in the U.S., due to nutrition- and obesity-related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

Heart disease and cancer are the top two causes of death. Though there's no guarantee, making healthy choices can lower your chance of being affected by these and other leading causes of death.