
Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking
works in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track diseases that may be related to environmental exposures. This website provides data sets on environmental hazards and associated health outcomes. The purpose of these efforts is to inform communities about disease trends and to design interventions that lead to better health outcomes. Learn more
works in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track diseases that may be related to environmental exposures. This website provides data sets on environmental hazards and associated health outcomes. The purpose of these efforts is to inform communities about disease trends and to design interventions that lead to better health outcomes. Learn more
What's new?
Each day of Tracking Awareness Week there is a focus on the ways that Floridians can use tracking data:
- Monday: Supporting Preparedness & Response
- Check out the Social Vulnerability Index to learn about the resilience of communities affected by emergencies.
- You can also find map links to Active Wildfires and GATOR.
- Tuesday: Working for Environmental Justice
- Explore the mapping data focused on environmental health disparities.
- Wednesday: Getting Local
- Find local data important to you and your neighbors!
- Thursday: Helping with Tools & Resources
- Create your own maps, charts and graphs using tracking data.
- Visit the resource library for articles, infographics, videos and fact sheets.
- Friday: Doing Good with Data
- Find data that can support needed programs and policy change.
- Inform research to make your community safer.
- Check out notable projects
Heat Illness in Florida
Heat-related illness in the U.S causes more deaths each year than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods combined.
Learn more about how extreme heat events in Florida affect human health from viewing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and death data. You can also find weather data related to the number of days or events with daily maximum temperatures above 90-105 degrees or heat index above 90-105 degrees.
Check out our Beat the Heat infographic and video for ways to prevent heat related illness.
Heat-related illness in the U.S causes more deaths each year than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods combined.
Learn more about how extreme heat events in Florida affect human health from viewing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and death data. You can also find weather data related to the number of days or events with daily maximum temperatures above 90-105 degrees or heat index above 90-105 degrees.
Check out our Beat the Heat infographic and video for ways to prevent heat related illness.
Generator Safety and Carbon Monoxide Danger
Hurricane Season begins June 1st and ends on November 30th. Learn how to avoid accidental exposure to carbon monoxide by viewing our portable generator safety video.
Go to Florida Tracking for more information about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hurricane Season begins June 1st and ends on November 30th. Learn how to avoid accidental exposure to carbon monoxide by viewing our portable generator safety video.
Go to Florida Tracking for more information about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.