Health · Santee

Santee, CA health

Santee differs from California on 12 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (6.8% vs 10.6%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (13.3% vs 17.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (8% vs 6.4%).

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

Report card

How Santee compares with California

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 Santee adults…

30 of every 100 Santee adults have high blood pressure

California: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27.3–32.2%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Santee, betterSantee, worseToo close to callCalifornia

Get no exerciseshare of adults 19.5% Santee
CA 24.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 34.5% Santee
CA 35.1%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.4% Santee
CA 15.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 11.4% Santee
CA 10.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

CA 72%

Dentist visit

CA 63%

Cholesterol check

CA 85%

Colon screening

CA 58%

Mammogram

CA 76%

Taking BP meds

CA 71%

1 in 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Santee 6.8% · California 1 in 9 (10.6%)

Mind & connection

How Santee adults are doing

1 in 3Santee adults feel lonely

35.6% · California 37.3% · too close to call

1 in 4Santee adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.9% · California 20.1% · worse

1 in 4Santee adults lack social or emotional support

27.2% · California 28.6% · too close to call

1 in 6Santee adults are in frequent mental distress

17.7% · California 16.4% · 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 8

Santee adults worry about having enough food

13.3% · CA 17.9% · better

1 in 8

Santee adults worry about keeping their housing

12.3% · CA 14.9% · better

1 in 16

Santee adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.2% · CA 7.3% · better

1 in 13

Santee adults lack reliable transportation

7.7% · CA 9.3% · better

13.1% of Santee adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 15.6% across California.

Disability

Living with a disability

27.4%

of Santee adults live with a disability (California 30.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.3%

Thinking or memory14.3%

Hearing5.7%

Errands alone7.8%

Vision4.5%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

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

Around Santee

Santee and the towns around it

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

21%30%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 21towns on this map, healthiest first

San Diego24.2%

Santee26.2%

Eucalyptus Hills26.4%

Winter Gardens27.9%

Bostonia29.4%

El Cajon30%

Care nearby

Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa · 5.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego · 7.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego · 10.3 mi · children's Directions Medicare profile

Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego · 10.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

San Ysidro Health Santee Family MedicineSantee · 1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Neighborhood Healthcare ~ Lakeside MedicalLakeside · 3.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSantee is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSantee is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSantee is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Santee. 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 Santee

Measure	Santee	Margin	California
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	29.6%	27.3–32.2%	30.5%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.9%	31.4–36.8%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	26.2%	23.1–29.8%	27.8%	about the same
Arthritis	22.2%	20.3–24.3%	20.8%	about the same
Depression	23.9%	21.6–26.7%	20.1%	worse
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.5%	7.7–11.6%	10.6%	about the same
Asthma	9.9%	8.9–11.1%	9.3%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8%	7.4–8.8%	6.4%	worse
Diabetes	9.5%	8.5–10.7%	11.7%	better
COPD	5.6%	5–6.2%	5.1%	about the same
Heart disease	5.4%	4.9–6%	5.6%	about the same
Stroke	3%	2.8–3.2%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	11.4%	10–13%	10.9%	about the same
Binge drink	17.4%	15.3–19.9%	15.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	19.5%	17.4–22%	24.6%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	34.5%	31.1–37.9%	35.1%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	73.2%	70.6–76.1%	71.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.2%	63.4–68.9%	62.8%	better
Cholesterol check	86.5%	85.1–88%	85.4%	about the same
Colon screening	63.6%	59.6–67.2%	57.5%	better
Mammogram	77.1%	71.1–82.1%	75.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	68.7%	65.7–71.8%	71.3%	about the same
No health insurance	6.8%	5.9–7.8%	10.6%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	35.6%	32.5–39.1%	37.3%	about the same
Lack emotional support	27.2%	24.5–30.2%	28.6%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.7%	16.1–19.6%	16.4%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.2%	16.6–20.1%	22.1%	better
Frequent physical distress	12.7%	11.5–14.1%	13.4%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.3%	11.8–15.1%	17.9%	better
Housing insecurity	12.3%	10.8–13.9%	14.9%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.2%	5.4–7.1%	7.3%	better
No reliable transportation	7.7%	6.9–8.7%	9.3%	better
Receive SNAP	13.1%	11.7–14.9%	15.6%
Disability
Any disability	27.4%	25–30.1%	30.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.3%	11.1–13.7%	13.8%
Thinking or memory	14.3%	13–15.9%	14.6%
Hearing	5.7%	5.2–6.4%	5.9%
Vision	4.5%	4.1–4.9%	5.6%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3.2–3.7%	3.9%
Errands alone	7.8%	7.1–8.6%	8.1%

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 Santee door to door.

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

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

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The California 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.