Pasco County Health Statistics

The University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have gathered health statistics on nearly every county in the United States.They use these statistics to rank the counties within states, so that you can compare your county to other counties in your state. The rankings are based on how healthy people are and how long they live in each county. The rankings also take into account key factors that effect health, such as: air pollution levels, rates of violent crime, smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary care providers, and the number of children living in poverty. These County Health Rankings are online and can be searched here.

Pasco County is ranked 42nd out of 67 counties in Florida in Health Outcomes and 26th out of 67 counties in Health Factors. The Pasco County Summary for 2014 provided the following statistics:

•  8,716 premature deaths (the overall Florida average is 7,310)
• 19% of people reported poor or fair health
• the average number of poor physical health days reported by people in the last 30 days: 4.6 days
• the adult obesity rate is 29%
• the motor vehicle crash death rate per 100,000 population: 20

The Florida summary report can be found here.