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Bacon, MO health

Bacon differs from Missouri on 22 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (31.7% vs 15.8%) and more adults with COPD (14.4% vs 8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 64783, 64750

Report card

How Bacon compares with Missouri

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 Bacon adults…

43 of every 100 Bacon adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 39.2–47.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Bacon, betterBacon, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 39.5% Bacon
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.4% Bacon
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15% Bacon
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 26.2% Bacon
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

MO 78%

Dentist visit

MO 60%

Cholesterol check

MO 85%

Colon screening

MO 64%

Mammogram

MO 75%

Taking BP meds

MO 77%

1 in 8

working-age adults has no health insurance

Bacon 12.4% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Bacon adults are doing

1 in 3Bacon adults feel lonely

32.8% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Bacon adults have been diagnosed with depression

28% · Missouri 24.3% · worse

1 in 5Bacon adults lack social or emotional support

21.4% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Bacon adults are in frequent mental distress

21% · Missouri 17.5% · worse

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

Bacon adults worry about having enough food

22.1% · MO 13.7% · worse

1 in 6

Bacon adults worry about keeping their housing

15.9% · MO 12.1% · worse

1 in 8

Bacon adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

12.6% · MO 9% · worse

1 in 8

Bacon adults lack reliable transportation

12.3% · MO 8.4% · worse

20.7% of Bacon adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

47.8%

of Bacon adults live with a disability (Missouri 36.2%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs23.9%

Thinking or memory23.7%

Hearing12.1%

Errands alone14.2%

Vision8.4%

Dressing or bathing6.7%

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

Around Bacon

Bacon 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.

37.6%41.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 9towns on this map, healthiest first

Rockville40%

Bacon40.6%

Blue Mound41%

Clear Creek41.4%

Care nearby

Cedar County Memorial HospitalEl Dorado Springs · 10.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Ellett Memorial HospitalAppleton City · 12.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Nevada Regional Medical CenterNevada · 17.3 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Bates County Memorial HospitalButler · 21.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Compass Health Cedar County ClinicEl Dorado Springs · 9.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Compass Health - NevadaNevada · 15.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careBacon's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Vernon/Barton Counties · need score 17 of 25

! Dental careBacon's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Vernon/Cedar Counties · need score 17 of 25

! Mental healthBacon's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, MHCA 8 (Nevada Catchment Area) · need score 18 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 Bacon. 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 Bacon

Measure	Bacon	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	43.2%	39.2–47.3%	36.5%	worse
High cholesterol	41.7%	37.7–46%	37.5%	worse
Obesity	40.6%	33.2–48.5%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	35%	31.7–38.5%	28.8%	worse
Depression	28%	24.4–32%	24.3%	worse
Lost all teeth (65+)	31.7%	27.3–36.7%	15.8%	worse
Asthma	11.6%	10.4–13.1%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.4%	8.4–10.3%	8.6%	about the same
Diabetes	16.3%	14.4–18.6%	12.1%	worse
COPD	14.4%	12.5–16.4%	8%	worse
Heart disease	10.4%	9.3–11.6%	6.8%	worse
Stroke	5.4%	4.8–6%	3.6%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	26.2%	22.7–30.5%	16%	worse
Binge drink	15%	12.5–17.8%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	39.5%	34.3–45.3%	28.8%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	39.4%	33.4–46.4%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.6%	74–80.9%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	47.9%	44.3–51.7%	60.4%	worse
Cholesterol check	80.4%	77.9–82.7%	84.5%	worse
Colon screening	58.6%	53.5–64%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	63.7%	55.6–71.9%	74.7%	worse
Taking BP meds	78.6%	76–81%	77.2%	about the same
No health insurance	12.4%	9.9–15.4%	8.7%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32.8%	28.2–37.9%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.4%	18.2–24.8%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	21%	18.8–23.4%	17.5%	worse
Fair or poor health	31.3%	27.5–35.8%	20.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	20.2%	18–22.9%	14.2%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	22.1%	18.4–26%	13.7%	worse
Housing insecurity	15.9%	13.4–18.4%	12.1%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	12.6%	10.9–14.5%	9%	worse
No reliable transportation	12.3%	10.6–14%	8.4%	worse
Receive SNAP	20.7%	17.3–24.5%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	47.8%	43.1–53.2%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	23.9%	21.1–27.2%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	23.7%	21.1–26.9%	17.2%
Hearing	12.1%	10.9–13.5%	8.3%
Vision	8.4%	7.4–9.5%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	6.7%	5.8–7.7%	3.9%
Errands alone	14.2%	12.5–16.3%	9.2%

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 Bacon door to door.

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

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

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