Health · Date

Date, MO health

Date differs from Missouri on 22 of 40 measures. It has fewer binge drinkers (13% vs 16.3%) and more adults treating high blood pressure (81% vs 77.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (15.1% vs 8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 65571, 65548

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 310 people are less certain, so we show Date's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Date 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 Date adults…

46 of every 100 Date adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 42.4–49.9%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Date, betterDate, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 39.3% Date
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.7% Date
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 13% Date
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 24% Date
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Date 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 9

working-age adults has no health insurance

Date 11.7% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Date adults are doing

1 in 3Date adults feel lonely

31% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Date adults have been diagnosed with depression

27% · Missouri 24.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Date adults lack social or emotional support

19.8% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Date adults are in frequent mental distress

19.7% · 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

Date adults worry about having enough food

21% · MO 13.7% · worse

1 in 7

Date adults worry about keeping their housing

14.7% · MO 12.1% · worse

1 in 8

Date adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

12% · MO 9% · worse

1 in 9

Date adults lack reliable transportation

11.7% · MO 8.4% · worse

20.4% of Date adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

48.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs25.8%

Thinking or memory22.4%

Hearing13%

Errands alone14.4%

Vision8.6%

Dressing or bathing7%

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

Around Date

Date 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 Date.

37.9%42.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 7towns on this map, healthiest first

Pierce37.9%

Date41.4%

Carroll42.8%

Care nearby

Mercy St. Francis HospitalMountain View · 6.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston · 20.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains · 26 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Salem Memorial District HospitalSalem · 36.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Missouri Highlands Health Care - EminenceEminence · 19.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Missouri Ozarks Community Health-HoustonHouston · 20.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careDate's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Texas County · need score 16 of 25

! Dental careDate's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Texas County · need score 18 of 25

! Mental healthDate's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Region 18 MHCA · 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 Date. 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 Date

Measure	Date	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	46.2%	42.4–49.9%	36.5%	worse
High cholesterol	42.7%	38.9–46.5%	37.5%	worse
Obesity	41.4%	34.9–48.3%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	38.5%	35.3–41.7%	28.8%	worse
Depression	27%	23.7–30.6%	24.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	24.5%	21.2–28%	15.8%	worse
Asthma	11.7%	10.4–13%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.7%	9.9–11.7%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	17.8%	15.8–19.8%	12.1%	worse
COPD	15.1%	13.3–16.8%	8%	worse
Heart disease	11.2%	10.1–12.4%	6.8%	worse
Stroke	5.9%	5.3–6.5%	3.6%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	24%	20.9–27.3%	16%	worse
Binge drink	13%	11–15.4%	16.3%	better
Get no exercise	39.3%	34.5–44.3%	28.8%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	39.7%	34.1–45.7%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.9%	76.8–82.6%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	49.2%	45.9–52.5%	60.4%	worse
Cholesterol check	82.8%	80.7–84.6%	84.5%	about the same
Colon screening	61%	56.4–65.4%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	69.9%	62.9–76.3%	74.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81%	78.7–83%	77.2%	better
No health insurance	11.7%	9.6–14%	8.7%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31%	27–35.3%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.8%	17–22.6%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	19.7%	17.8–21.9%	17.5%	worse
Fair or poor health	31.4%	27.8–34.9%	20.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	20.4%	18.2–22.6%	14.2%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	21%	17.9–24.3%	13.7%	worse
Housing insecurity	14.7%	12.7–17%	12.1%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	12%	10.6–13.7%	9%	worse
No reliable transportation	11.7%	10.2–13.3%	8.4%	worse
Receive SNAP	20.4%	17.4–23.7%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	48.1%	43.6–52.6%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	25.8%	23–28.7%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	22.4%	20–25%	17.2%
Hearing	13%	11.8–14.3%	8.3%
Vision	8.6%	7.7–9.6%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	7%	6.2–7.8%	3.9%
Errands alone	14.4%	12.7–16.1%	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 Date door to door.

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

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