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Community Health Assessment

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Florida Department of Health in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties works in collaboration with Baptist Health Care, Sacred Heart Hospital, Community Health of North West Florida, Council on Aging, and University of West Florida to create, publish, share and update each year the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). This assessment shares key community health status indicators, important social and economic factors, and community resources identified through the community assessment and mobilizing model used.

 

Read the entire 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment (16 MB; pdf). Now including the data posters shared at the February 2020 Community Convening.

This graphic depicts some key social determinants of health in Escambia county. One in four children live in poverty; the median household income is 47,361 per year, which is $2,500 less than the Florida average; 14% of residents have snap or ebt benefits; 14% of all residents live in poverty; three out of four or 80% of students graduate high school; and 25% of adults, age 25 and higher, have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Escambia's Social determinants of health Key findings from the 2019 CHNA

 

This graphic depicts key indicators related to the priority areas identified in the CHNA. In 2017 30 babies died before their first birthday. 10.6% of babies were born too small in the three-year period from 2015-2017; this is 1.9% higher than the Florida average. 48% of child deaths are from unintentional injury. 24.3% of children age 1-5 receive mental health services. 1 out of 3 residents have public health insurance coverage. There was a 7% increase in infection rates for bacterial STDs from 2016 to 2017. 165 new HIV cases in A three-year period (2015-2017). 3,512 hospitalizations for mental disorders; 1.5 times higher than the Florida rate.
Escambia's Key Priority Health Indicators from the 2019 CHNA

 

 

Location & Contact Information  

Fairfield Service Center
1295 West Fairfield Drive
Pensacola, FL 32501

The Community Health Planning office is open
Monday – Friday
8 AM to 5 PM.

Call 850-595-6500, Extension: 1801 for more information.