Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data
Pinellas County | Florida Statewide |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol and Tobacco | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Adults who have had at least 1 drink of alcohol within the past 30 days | 56.30% | 61.20% | 56.00% | 60.00% | 54.40% | 51.30% | 51.30% | 55.30% | |
| Heavy Drinkers (adult men having more than two drinks daily, and adult women having more than one drink daily) | 6.10% | 5.80% | 8.80% | 4.90% | 6.20% | 5.20% | 5.10% | 5.20% | |
| Binge Drinkers (adults having five or more drinks on one occasion) within the past 30 days | 10.10% | 12.30% | 19.40% | 16.90% | 14.20% | 13.00% | 13.30% | 13.70% | |
| Current Smoking (adults reporting having smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke) | 17.70% | 22.60% | 22.20% | 20.30% | 19.30% | 17.50% | 17.10% | 17.10% | |
- Data indicate that more adults in Pinellas County consumed alcohol within the past 30-days from 2006 to 2010 compared to State of Florida averages.
- According to the Pinellas County Community Health Assessment produced by the Pinellas County Health Department, alcohol and drug abuse were the top behaviors of concern and addiction was the #1 health problem of concern (Feb., 2013, PCHD).
- In Pinellas County, 19.3% of the adult population smoked tobacco in 2010, which was higher than the state rate of 17.1%. Moreover, this rate is higher than the Healthy People 2020 goal of not more than 12% of adults smoking tobacco by 2020 (Feb., 2013, PCHD).
SOURCE: National Center for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data; SMART: Selected Metropolitan/Metropolitan Area Risk Trends (www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm); and Pinellas County Community Health Assessment, February 2013.
Cessation Indicators for Pinellas County and the State of Florida
| Pinellas County | State of Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Total cigarette packages sold (2009) | 79,596,750 | 1,220,342,507 |
| Per capita cigarette consumption: 18 and over (2009) | 2095.46 | 1663.88 |
| Total retail tobacco dealer licenses issued as of November 2009 | 1,475 | 28,181 |
| Percentage of adults who are current cigarette smokers (2007) | 18.00% | 19.30% |
| Percentage of mothers who reported smoking during pregnancy (2008) | 9.30% | 6.80% |
| Percentage of adults who attempted to quit (2007) | 43.60% | 53.20% |
Rates of Tobacco-Related Chronic Disease
| Pinellas County | State of Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitalizations from chronic lower respiratory disease (including asthma), rolling 3-year rate per 100,000 (2006-2008) | 439.2 | 393.5 |
| Hospitalizations from stroke, rolling 3-year rate per 100,000 (2006-2008) | 432.5 | 373.6 |
| Age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer, rolling 3-year rate (2006-2008) | 52.3 | 47.7 |
| Percentage of adults with diagnosed diabetes (2010) | 11.30% | 10.40% |
| Age-adjusted coronary heart disease death rate, rolling 3-year rate (2006-2008) | 115.8 | 116.2 |
| Lower rates are more desirable. |
SOURCES: Florida Bureau of Tobacco Prevention Program County Data Profile: Pinellas January 2010; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; and Florida Department of Health, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Data Analysis.
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