Map Details – Florida’s Social Determinants of Health and Heart Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates

Impact Statement

The social determinants of health are conditions in the environment in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks. This map series details 5 social determinants and where they are most burdensome in Florida. When this data is overlaid with heart disease death rate data then it is easy to see that often those counties with poor outcomes on the measures associated with the social determinants also experience an increased amount of deaths associated with heart disease.

This map displays the social determinants of health and measures representing each respective social determinant. Economic stability is represented by “Adults Below Poverty” for 2017. Neighborhood and built environment is represented by “Total Population Living Within ½ Mile of a Healthy Food Source” for 2016. Health and healthcare is represented by “Adults with a Medical Check Up in the Past Year” for 2016. Social and community context is represented by “Inmate Admissions” for 2018. Education is represented by “Adults 25 & Older with No High School Diploma” for 2017. All social determinants of health are overlaid with Heart Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 for 2018.

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Many counties with poor status on the social determinants of health also had higher heart disease death rates. Counties such as Hendry, Hamilton, Franklin and Putnam indicated a poor status on many of the social determinants of health and they also report high rates of heart disease death.

ArcGIS

Florida Department of Health, Florida Health Charts, 2018. Accessed via http://www.flhealthcharts.com/charts/default.aspx ; (01 April 2019)

All data was gathered form FLHealthCharts.com Shapefile was collected from files provided by the Rice University GIS training team, available at: https://app.box.com/folder/73935956763. Accessed June 2019. Graduated Colors were used as Symbology and the displayed Field was expressed by quartiles in consistency with Florida standards.

Desiree Jonas, Florida Department of Health

Desiree Jonas, Florida Department of Health. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/mapgallery/fl-social-determinants.html