Healthy Suwannee utilizes data to identify community health priorities. Having credible, reliable, and local data is key to understanding what is happening in our community. Understanding what is happening allows Healthy Suwannee to reach out to those affected and ask how, or what, would improve the health of Suwannee County residents and visitors.

Below are some of the data and statistics sources used in creating the current Community Health Improvement Plan being implemented by Healthy Suwannee.

FLORIDA CHARTS

Track the health status of our community with this one-stop-site for public health statistics and community health data on births, deaths and communicable and chronic diseases.

COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS

Find out how Suwannee compares with all 67 Florida counties according to specific measures of health outcomes and health factors.  (2017 ranking)

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (BRFSS)

See how adult health habits and behaviors, along with health care access, impact chronic disease and injury rates in Suwannee County.  (2013 data)

SUWANNEE COUNTY HEALTH PROFILE

This four page snapshot provides a variety of information related to the health of Suwannee County residents – updated annually by the Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida.  (2015 data)

YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY

An anonymous survey helps us monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to death, disability, and social problems among youth in Suwannee County. (2014 data)

YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURVEY

View a comprehensive report on the types and rates of drug use among Suwannee County youth, as well as information on other high-risk behaviors.  (2018 data)

SUWANNEE NICHE

Niche is a source to find how people feel Suwannee County ranks in Florida. These are similar to a Yelp review of Suwannee County.