Consequences

Drug and alcohol use are major contributors to motor vehicle traffic crashes, injury and deaths.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a condition experienced by neonates exposed to opioid prescription of illicit drugs during the prenatal period.


Annual Drug Arrests, Florida
Data Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Florida
Data Source: Florida Department of Health, Birth Defects Registry
       
Consequences, Florida
IndicatorMeasureYearJanuary-March (Provisional)April-June (Provisional)July-September (Provisional)October-December (Provisional)Year-to-Date (Provisional)
Arrests
Count2023
88,623
Count2023
85,116
Count2023
3,507
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Count2023
5,132
Count2023
363
Count2023
3,104
Count2023
553
Count2023
325
Count2023
378
Count2023
341
Count2023
281
Count2023
258
Health Outcomes
Count2022
237
207
230
261
935
Per 10,000 live births2022
41.8
Count2023
279
262
242
230
405

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Data Note(s)

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.

  • Data not shown for quarters with counts 1 to 4 for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).

  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Case Counts are reported two years after birth due to certification requirements, data linkage processes for deduplication of records and alignment with the NAS Case Definition.