Achieve Healthy Escambia continues to fail to improve health outcomes. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranked Escambia County 51 out of 67 Florida counties, putting the county among the least healthy counties in Florida (Lowest 0%-25%).
- The latest data has gotten worse than what Achieve reported last year. For example, children living in poverty have increased by 4%. The group is supposed to develop action plans, but none are posted on the website. The new data shows Escambia County has better ratios per resident doctors, dentists and mental health providers than the state, but our outcomes aren’t improving.
Baptist Hospital not leaving any medical services at its E Street campus makes even less sense if the hospital is committed to Achieve Healthy Escambia.
2023 County Health Statistics
| Health Outcomes | Florida | U.S. | |
| Escambia | |||
| Premature Death | 10,700 | 7,500 | 7,300 |
| Quality of Life | |||
| Poor or Fair Health | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.7 | 3 | 3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Low Birthweight | 11% | 9% | 8% |
| Health Behaviors | Florida | U.S. | |
| Escambia | |||
| Adult Smoking | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Adult Obesity | 35% | 28% | 32% |
| Food Environment Index | 7 | 6.9 | 7 |
| Physical Inactivity | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| Access to Exercise Opportunities | 79% | 88% | 84% |
| Excessive Drinking | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| Alcohol-Impaired Driving Deaths | 22% | 22% | 27% |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | 711.9 | 465.7 | 481.3 |
| Teen Births | 28 | 18 | 19 |
| Clinical Care | Florida | U.S. | |
| Escambia | |||
| Uninsured | 14% | 15% | 10% |
| Primary Care Physicians | 1,340:1 | 1,380:1 | 1,310:1 |
| Dentists | 1,410:1 | 1,580:1 | 1,380:1 |
| Mental Health Providers | 450:1 | 510:1 | 340:1 |
| Preventable Hospital Stays | 3,329 | 3,186 | 2,809 |
| Mammography Screening | 34% | 40% | 37% |
| Flu Vaccinations | 40% | 49% | 51% |
| Social & Economic Factors | Florida | U.S. | |
| Escambia | |||
| High School Completion | 91% | 89% | 89% |
| Some College | 66% | 64% | 67% |
| Unemployment | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Children in Poverty | 28% | 18% | 17% |
| Income Inequality | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Children in Single-Parent Households | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Social Associations | 8.8 | 7 | 9.1 |
| Injury Deaths | 95 | 87 | 76 |
| Physical Environment | Florida | U.S. | |
| Escambia | |||
| Air Pollution – Particulate Matter | 9 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| Drinking Water Violations | No | ||
| Severe Housing Problems | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| Driving Alone to Work | 72% | 76% | 73% |
| Long Commute – Driving Alone | 28% | 43% | 37% |
