Health · Cooper

Cooper, MO health

Cooper differs from Missouri on 8 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (10.5% vs 8%) and more adults with heart disease (8.7% vs 6.8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 64489, 64438, 64402

Report card

How Cooper 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 Cooper adults…

40 of every 100 Cooper adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 35.3–43.8%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Cooper, betterCooper, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 33.7% Cooper
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.3% Cooper
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.2% Cooper
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 18.7% Cooper
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Cooper 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 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Cooper 9.5% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Cooper adults are doing

1 in 3Cooper adults feel lonely

31.5% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Cooper adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.9% · Missouri 24.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Cooper adults lack social or emotional support

19.7% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Cooper adults are in frequent mental distress

18.2% · Missouri 17.5% · 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 7

Cooper adults worry about having enough food

14.3% · MO 13.7% · about the same

1 in 9

Cooper adults worry about keeping their housing

11.5% · MO 12.1% · about the same

1 in 12

Cooper adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

8.6% · MO 9% · about the same

1 in 12

Cooper adults lack reliable transportation

8.4% · MO 8.4% · about the same

11.9% of Cooper adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

41.5%

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

Walking or climbing stairs19.7%

Thinking or memory19.1%

Hearing10.9%

Errands alone10.9%

Vision6%

Dressing or bathing4.6%

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

Around Cooper

Cooper 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.

35.9%40.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#14 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Washington38.4%

Jefferson38.4%

Wilson39.7%

Huggins40%

Cooper40.2%

Jackson40.4%

Miller40.5%

Athens40.6%

Care nearby

Mosaic Medical Center AlbanyAlbany · 10.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville · 20.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Harrison County Community HospitalBethany · 25.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mosaic Life Care at St. JosephSaint Joseph · 33.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

King City ClinicKing City · 10.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Savannah Medical ClinicSavannah · 24.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careCooper's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Gentry County · need score 12 of 25

! Dental careCooper's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Gentry and Nodaway Counties · need score 18 of 25

! Mental healthCooper's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, St. Joseph MHCA #1 · 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 Cooper. 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 Cooper

Measure	Cooper	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	39.6%	35.3–43.8%	36.5%	about the same
High cholesterol	39.4%	34.9–43.8%	37.5%	about the same
Obesity	40.2%	32.1–48.6%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	32.7%	29.1–36.2%	28.8%	worse
Depression	24.9%	21.3–28.7%	24.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	20.2%	17–24%	15.8%	worse
Asthma	10.9%	9.6–12.3%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.1%	9.1–11.3%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	13.2%	11.4–15.3%	12.1%	about the same
COPD	10.5%	9.1–12.3%	8%	worse
Heart disease	8.7%	7.7–9.9%	6.8%	worse
Stroke	4.5%	4–5.1%	3.6%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	18.7%	15.7–22%	16%	about the same
Binge drink	15.2%	12.4–18.1%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	33.7%	28.5–39.6%	28.8%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	37.3%	31–43.7%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.2%	74.4–81.7%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	55.7%	52.1–59.4%	60.4%	worse
Cholesterol check	83.6%	81.2–85.8%	84.5%	about the same
Colon screening	61.7%	56.8–66.6%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	74%	66.4–80.6%	74.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.4%	76.7–81.8%	77.2%	about the same
No health insurance	9.5%	7.6–11.8%	8.7%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.5%	26.6–36.8%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.7%	16.5–23.2%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18.2%	16–20.6%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	23.8%	20.4–27.6%	20.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	16.5%	14.4–18.9%	14.2%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.3%	11.5–17.1%	13.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	11.5%	9.5–13.5%	12.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	8.6%	7.2–10%	9%	about the same
No reliable transportation	8.4%	7.2–9.8%	8.4%	about the same
Receive SNAP	11.9%	9.6–14.5%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	41.5%	36.6–46.7%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	19.7%	16.9–22.8%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	19.1%	16.8–21.9%	17.2%
Hearing	10.9%	9.6–12.2%	8.3%
Vision	6%	5.2–6.9%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	4.6%	4.1–5.3%	3.9%
Errands alone	10.9%	9.5–12.6%	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 Cooper door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Cooper by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Cooper 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.