Health · Yates

Yates, MI health

Yates differs from Michigan on 19 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80.9% vs 77.6%). Where it trails the state: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (23.4% vs 10.2%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 49623, 49642, 49309

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 835 people are less certain, so we show Yates's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Yates compares with Michigan

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 Yates adults…

46 of every 100 Yates adults have high blood pressure

Michigan: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 41.1–50.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Yates, betterYates, worseToo close to callMichigan

Get no exerciseshare of adults 33.3% Yates
MI 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35.7% Yates
MI 34.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.4% Yates
MI 15.9%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 21.3% Yates
MI 14.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

MI 80%

Dentist visit

MI 68%

Cholesterol check

MI 87%

Colon screening

MI 69%

Mammogram

MI 77%

Taking BP meds

MI 78%

1 in 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Yates 8.9% · Michigan 1 in 14 (6.9%)

Mind & connection

How Yates adults are doing

1 in 3Yates adults feel lonely

33% · Michigan 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 4Yates adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.3% · Michigan 25.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Yates adults lack social or emotional support

25.2% · Michigan 23.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Yates adults are in frequent mental distress

19% · Michigan 17.6% · 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 5

Yates adults worry about having enough food

21.5% · MI 15.4% · worse

1 in 7

Yates adults worry about keeping their housing

14.5% · MI 11.9% · worse

1 in 9

Yates adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

11.3% · MI 8.7% · worse

1 in 9

Yates adults lack reliable transportation

10.8% · MI 8.3% · worse

22.8% of Yates adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.3% across Michigan.

Disability

Living with a disability

40.5%

of Yates adults live with a disability (Michigan 31.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs21.8%

Thinking or memory17.9%

Hearing10.6%

Errands alone12.3%

Vision7.7%

Dressing or bathing6.4%

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

Around Yates

Yates 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 Yates.

38.5%42.6%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#9 of 13towns on this map, healthiest first

Chase39.1%

Home39.5%

Yates40.3%

Cherry Valley40.5%

Pleasant Plains42.6%

Care nearby

Corewell Health Reed City HospitalReed City · 11.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids · 17.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Corewell Health Gerber HospitalFremont · 28.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac · 32.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Family Health Care - Ashby Center Vision DepartmentBaldwin · 5.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Northwest Michigan Health ServicesShelby · 35.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careYates's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Lake County · need score 20 of 25

! Dental careYates's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Lake/Osceola Counties · need score 18 of 25

! Mental healthYates's county is a federal shortage area.Lake County · need score 19 of 25

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 Yates. 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 Yates

Measure	Yates	Margin	Michigan
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	45.7%	41.1–50.1%	36.7%	worse
High cholesterol	39.9%	35.2–44.5%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	40.3%	32.3–48.8%	36.2%	about the same
Arthritis	38.1%	34.2–42%	29.1%	worse
Depression	27.3%	23.4–31.4%	25.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	23.4%	19.5–27.8%	10.2%	worse
Asthma	12.4%	10.9–13.9%	11.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.4%	9.4–11.5%	8.9%	worse
Diabetes	17%	14.7–19.5%	11.9%	worse
COPD	13.4%	11.4–15.5%	8.1%	worse
Heart disease	10.8%	9.4–12.1%	7%	worse
Stroke	5.7%	5–6.4%	3.7%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	21.3%	17.8–24.9%	14.6%	worse
Binge drink	14.4%	11.8–17.3%	15.9%	about the same
Get no exercise	33.3%	27.9–38.9%	24.9%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	35.7%	28.9–42.9%	34.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	81.4%	78–84.4%	80.3%	about the same
Dentist visit	60.9%	57–64.5%	68%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.9%	85–88.8%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	65.6%	60.5–70.5%	69%	about the same
Mammogram	73.7%	65.7–81%	76.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.9%	78.1–83.3%	77.6%	better
No health insurance	8.9%	7–11.1%	6.9%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	33%	28–38.4%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	25.2%	21.4–29.2%	23.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	19%	16.8–21.4%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	27.6%	23.6–31.8%	19.4%	worse
Frequent physical distress	19%	16.5–21.5%	14%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	21.5%	17.6–25.5%	15.4%	worse
Housing insecurity	14.5%	12.1–17%	11.9%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	11.3%	9.7–13.1%	8.7%	worse
No reliable transportation	10.8%	9.2–12.5%	8.3%	worse
Receive SNAP	22.8%	18.8–27%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	40.5%	35.2–45.8%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	21.8%	18.6–25.1%	14%
Thinking or memory	17.9%	15.5–20.5%	14.3%
Hearing	10.6%	9.3–11.9%	7.3%
Vision	7.7%	6.8–8.8%	4.9%
Dressing or bathing	6.4%	5.5–7.3%	3.8%
Errands alone	12.3%	10.6–14.1%	8.6%

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 Yates door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Yates by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Yates by how much of its land each one covers.

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