Health · Fort Wright

Fort Wright, KY health

On most measures Fort Wright looks like Kentucky as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (8.9% vs 18.9%) and more adults seeing a dentist (67.9% vs 58.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Fort Wright

Report card

How Fort Wright compares with Kentucky

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.

Care & screenings

3 better0 close0 worse

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Fort Wright adults…

9 of every 100 Fort Wright adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Kentucky: 19 in 100 · better · margin 7.2–11%

Bars show Fort Wright; the black tick is Kentucky. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Fort Wright, betterFort Wright, worseToo close to callKentucky

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35% Fort Wright
KY 39.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Fort Wright adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Kentucky.

Dentist visit

KY 58%

Colon screening

KY 66%

Mammogram

KY 73%

Around Fort Wright

Fort Wright and the towns around it

Care nearby

St. Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood · 3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

St. Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas · 4.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Christ HospitalCincinnati · 5.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

St. Elizabeth FlorenceFlorence · 5.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Healthpoint Covington CenterCovington · 2.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Shelterhouse-Barron Center for MenCincinnati · 3.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careFort Wright is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careFort Wright is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthFort Wright 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 Fort Wright. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 5 measures for Fort Wright

Measure	Fort Wright	Margin	Kentucky
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	8.9%	7.2–11%	18.9%	better
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	35%	29.4–41.2%	39.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	67.9%	64.6–71.3%	58.1%	better
Colon screening	72%	67.5–76.5%	65.8%	better
Mammogram	79.8%	73.1–85.7%	72.7%	better

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 Fort Wright door to door.

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

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

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