Health · Breezy Point

Breezy Point, MN health

Breezy Point differs from Minnesota on 12 of 40 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (6% vs 8.9%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (8.5% vs 11.4%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (10.3% vs 8.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Breezy Point

Report card

How Breezy Point compares with Minnesota

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 Breezy Point adults…

34 of every 100 Breezy Point adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.7–37.9%

Bars show Breezy Point; the black tick is Minnesota. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Breezy Point, betterBreezy Point, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 21.4% Breezy Point
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 28.7% Breezy Point
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.6% Breezy Point
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.5% Breezy Point
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Breezy Point adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Minnesota.

Yearly checkup

MN 75%

Dentist visit

MN 68%

Cholesterol check

MN 85%

Colon screening

MN 69%

Mammogram

MN 79%

Taking BP meds

MN 76%

1 in 17

working-age adults has no health insurance

Breezy Point 5.9% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Breezy Point adults are doing

1 in 4Breezy Point adults feel lonely

25.7% · Minnesota 31.2% · better

1 in 4Breezy Point adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.9% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Breezy Point adults lack social or emotional support

17.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · better

1 in 7Breezy Point adults are in frequent mental distress

13.9% · Minnesota 15.1% · 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 12

Breezy Point adults worry about having enough food

8.5% · MN 11.4% · better

1 in 14

Breezy Point adults worry about keeping their housing

7.1% · MN 9.3% · better

1 in 21

Breezy Point adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.8% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 18

Breezy Point adults lack reliable transportation

5.6% · MN 7.1% · better

6.3% of Breezy Point adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

27.1%

of Breezy Point adults live with a disability (Minnesota 27.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.7%

Thinking or memory11.3%

Hearing7.5%

Errands alone6.4%

Vision3.6%

Dressing or bathing3.1%

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

Around Breezy Point

Breezy Point 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.

35%37.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#13 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Pequot Lakes35.8%

Crosslake36.1%

Pelican36.5%

Ideal36.6%

Mission37%

Breezy Point37.2%

Care nearby

Cuyuna Regional Medical CenterCrosby · 15.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd · 17.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Riverwood Healthcare CenterAitkin · 24.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lakewood Health SystemStaples · 31.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesFloodwood · 65.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesBigfork · 82.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBreezy Point is not a shortage area

! Dental careBreezy Point's county is a federal shortage area.Crow Wing County · need score 10 of 25

! Mental healthBreezy Point's county is a federal shortage area.Region 5 Mental Health Service Area · need score 16 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 Breezy Point. 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 Breezy Point

Measure	Breezy Point	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.3%	30.7–37.9%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.5%	29.9–37.1%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	37.2%	31.6–42.9%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	26.4%	23.5–29.4%	22.3%	worse
Depression	22.9%	19.8–26.2%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	6%	4.8–7.4%	8.9%	better
Asthma	10.2%	9–11.4%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.3%	9.3–11.3%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	10.8%	9.3–12.4%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	5.9%	4.9–6.8%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	6.9%	6.1–7.7%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.3%	2.9–3.7%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.5%	10.8–16.2%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	18.6%	15.7–21.6%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	21.4%	17.7–25.5%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	28.7%	24.1–33.4%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.6%	73.3–79.8%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	71.2%	68.1–74.1%	67.5%	better
Cholesterol check	87.7%	86.1–89.3%	85.3%	better
Colon screening	72.3%	68.3–76%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	81.5%	75.8–86.2%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.4%	75.5–81%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	5.9%	4.7–7.4%	7.5%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	25.7%	21.9–29.9%	31.2%	better
Lack emotional support	17.5%	14.8–20.5%	21.5%	better
Frequent mental distress	13.9%	12–15.7%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	14.5%	12.1–17%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.4%	9.8–13%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	8.5%	6.7–10.5%	11.4%	better
Housing insecurity	7.1%	5.8–8.6%	9.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.8%	4–5.7%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	5.6%	4.8–6.6%	7.1%	better
Receive SNAP	6.3%	4.9–7.9%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	27.1%	23.2–31.1%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.7%	9.8–13.6%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	11.3%	9.7–13.1%	12.8%
Hearing	7.5%	6.6–8.5%	6.8%
Vision	3.6%	3.1–4.1%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.1%	2.6–3.5%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.4%	5.5–7.4%	7%

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 Breezy Point door to door.

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

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

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