Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS)
Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) is the Florida Statewide Cancer Registry. In 1978, the Florida Department of Health contracted with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) at the University of Miami School of Medicine to design and implement the registry. FCDS has collected incidence data since 1981. The FCDS database contains over 6,800,000 cancer incidence records. FCDS also maintains a cancer mortality file based on data provided by the State of Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Application for Scholars to Request Vital Statistics Data for Research Supporting Public Health
On this page, you will find information about requesting access to Florida Vital Statistics data. Each application is judged on its scientific merit, methodology, data security procedures, benefit to the Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the public, and consistency with epidemiologic research goals of Florida Statute 381.0032. Requests for confidential data will only be granted in cases where the project meets the criteria and no other practical means of completing the project exists.
CDC's Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System
Discover more information about BRFSS. This national survey provides information on health risk behaviors, chronic conditions, and the use of preventative services. BRFSS questionaries, data analysis tools, and other resources are available.
FloridaHealthFinder.gov Hospital and Emergency Department Query
This query tool, provided by the Agency for Health Care Administration, shows data by hospital and by county for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department visits. The tool provides number of visits, average length of stay, total charges, and average charges. It also allows data users to filter or sort results by hospital, county, payer, discharge status, diagnosis groups, and more.
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
This tool provides population, demographic, housing, and economic information from the American Communities Survey (ACS), which is annually administered by the US Bureau of the Census. The ACS provides data for states, counties, census tracts, and zip codes.
PLACES: Local data for better health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have expanded the original 500 Cities Project that began in 2015. The primary data sources for this project are the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Census 2010 population, and the American Community Survey estimates.
