Health · Edgewater

Edgewater, AL health

Edgewater differs from Alabama on 19 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults who have had cancer (6.6% vs 8.2%) and more women getting mammograms (83.3% vs 77.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults facing a utility shut-off (17.3% vs 9.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Edgewater

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 670 people are less certain, so we show Edgewater's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Edgewater compares with Alabama

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Edgewater adults…

52 of every 100 Edgewater adults have high blood pressure

Alabama: 43 in 100 · worse · margin 48.5–55.5%

Bars show Edgewater; the black tick is Alabama. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Edgewater, betterEdgewater, worseToo close to callAlabama

Get no exerciseshare of adults 37% Edgewater
AL 28.7%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 44.1% Edgewater
AL 39.1%

Binge drinkshare of adults 11.9% Edgewater
AL 14.1%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 19.3% Edgewater
AL 15.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Edgewater adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Alabama.

Yearly checkup

AL 80%

Dentist visit

AL 57%

Cholesterol check

AL 86%

Colon screening

AL 67%

Mammogram

AL 78%

Taking BP meds

AL 78%

1 in 8

working-age adults has no health insurance

Edgewater 11.8% · Alabama 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Edgewater adults are doing

1 in 2Edgewater adults feel lonely

41.3% · Alabama 35.4% · worse

1 in 5Edgewater adults have been diagnosed with depression

21.4% · Alabama 23.3% · too close to call

1 in 3Edgewater adults lack social or emotional support

30.2% · Alabama 24.8% · worse

1 in 5Edgewater adults are in frequent mental distress

18.6% · Alabama 17.2% · too close to call

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 3

Edgewater adults worry about having enough food

32.5% · AL 19.2% · worse

1 in 4

Edgewater adults worry about keeping their housing

23.4% · AL 13.9% · worse

1 in 6

Edgewater adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

17.3% · AL 9.6% · worse

1 in 7

Edgewater adults lack reliable transportation

15.2% · AL 9.8% · worse

26.5% of Edgewater adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14% across Alabama.

Disability

Living with a disability

42.7%

of Edgewater adults live with a disability (Alabama 36.5%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs23.3%

Thinking or memory18.6%

Hearing7.5%

Errands alone12.6%

Vision8.7%

Dressing or bathing7.1%

Black tick: Alabama. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Edgewater

Edgewater and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are hospitals and community health centers in and near Edgewater.

26.8%46%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#14 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Pleasant Grove39.9%

McDonald Chapel41.5%

Birmingham42.2%

Edgewater44.9%

Care nearby

Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham · 6.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

The Children's Hospital of AlabamaBirmingham · 8.7 mi · ER · children's Directions Medicare profile

Birmingham VA Medical CenterBirmingham · 8.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham · 8.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Ensley Health CenterBirmingham · 3.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Cahaba Medical Care - Hope HealthFairfield · 3.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careEdgewater's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Jefferson County · need score 12 of 25

✓ Dental careEdgewater is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthEdgewater is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes). Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Edgewater. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Edgewater

Measure	Edgewater	Margin	Alabama
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	52%	48.5–55.5%	43.3%	worse
High cholesterol	41.9%	38.5–45.3%	40.7%	about the same
Obesity	44.9%	40.1–49.8%	39.4%	worse
Arthritis	32.5%	29.6–35.5%	30.3%	about the same
Depression	21.4%	18.7–24.3%	23.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	18.8%	15.4–22.6%	15.4%	about the same
Asthma	11.1%	9.8–12.5%	10%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	6.6%	5.9–7.3%	8.2%	better
Diabetes	21.3%	19–23.7%	14.8%	worse
COPD	9.6%	8.2–11%	8%	worse
Heart disease	8.3%	7.3–9.2%	7.3%	about the same
Stroke	5.8%	5.1–6.4%	4.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	19.3%	16.5–22.2%	15.1%	worse
Binge drink	11.9%	9.9–14.1%	14.1%	about the same
Get no exercise	37%	32.6–41.5%	28.7%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	44.1%	39.8–48.6%	39.1%	worse
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	83.1%	80.2–85.7%	80.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	50%	46.1–53.9%	56.9%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.9%	84.6–88.8%	85.8%	about the same
Colon screening	67%	63.2–70.7%	67%	about the same
Mammogram	83.3%	78.3–87.6%	77.9%	better
Taking BP meds	80.7%	78.2–83%	78%	better
No health insurance	11.8%	9.4–14.7%	9.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	41.3%	37.3–45.4%	35.4%	worse
Lack emotional support	30.2%	26.6–34%	24.8%	worse
Frequent mental distress	18.6%	16.5–20.8%	17.2%	about the same
Fair or poor health	29.2%	25.7–32.8%	22.8%	worse
Frequent physical distress	15.9%	14–17.9%	14.2%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	32.5%	27.7–37%	19.2%	worse
Housing insecurity	23.4%	20–26.8%	13.9%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	17.3%	14.9–19.8%	9.6%	worse
No reliable transportation	15.2%	13.1–17.5%	9.8%	worse
Receive SNAP	26.5%	22–30.8%	14%
Disability
Any disability	42.7%	38.7–46.9%	36.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	23.3%	20.5–26.2%	17.1%
Thinking or memory	18.6%	16.3–21%	16.1%
Hearing	7.5%	6.7–8.5%	8.2%
Vision	8.7%	7.7–9.9%	6%
Dressing or bathing	7.1%	6.1–8.1%	4.6%
Errands alone	12.6%	11–14.2%	9.8%

About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Edgewater door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Alabama figure falls inside it, we don't call Edgewater better or worse.

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Edgewater directly, so these are its own figures.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Alabama figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.