Health · Prairie

Prairie, MO health

Prairie differs from Missouri on 17 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80.2% vs 77.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (12.5% vs 8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 64779, 64780

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 60 people are less certain, so we show Prairie's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Prairie 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 Prairie adults…

43 of every 100 Prairie adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 39.9–47.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Prairie, betterPrairie, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 35.9% Prairie
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 38.3% Prairie
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.3% Prairie
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 21.7% Prairie
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Prairie 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 10

working-age adults has no health insurance

Prairie 10.3% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Prairie adults are doing

1 in 3Prairie adults feel lonely

30.9% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Prairie adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.1% · Missouri 24.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Prairie adults lack social or emotional support

20.1% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Prairie adults are in frequent mental distress

18.7% · 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 6

Prairie adults worry about having enough food

17.1% · MO 13.7% · worse

1 in 8

Prairie adults worry about keeping their housing

12.8% · MO 12.1% · about the same

1 in 10

Prairie adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

9.9% · MO 9% · about the same

1 in 10

Prairie adults lack reliable transportation

9.8% · MO 8.4% · worse

15.1% of Prairie adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

44%

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

Walking or climbing stairs22.1%

Thinking or memory20.4%

Hearing11.8%

Errands alone12.1%

Vision7%

Dressing or bathing5.7%

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

Around Prairie

Prairie and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health.

37.6%42.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 13towns on this map, healthiest first

Rockville40%

Prairie40.6%

Blue Mound41%

Osage41.1%

Pleasant Gap42.3%

Care nearby

Ellett Memorial HospitalAppleton City · 13 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Bates County Memorial HospitalButler · 13.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Nevada Regional Medical CenterNevada · 18.7 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Cedar County Memorial HospitalEl Dorado Springs · 19 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Compass Health Bates County Dental ClinicButler · 13.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas/PleasantonPleasanton · 26.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary carePrairie's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Bates County · need score 17 of 25

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

! Mental healthPrairie'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 Prairie. 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 Prairie

Measure	Prairie	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	43.4%	39.9–47.1%	36.5%	worse
High cholesterol	42.3%	38.6–46.1%	37.5%	worse
Obesity	40.6%	33.9–47.5%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	35.3%	32.3–38.4%	28.8%	worse
Depression	26.1%	22.9–29.4%	24.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	21.4%	18.5–24.7%	15.8%	worse
Asthma	11%	9.9–12.3%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.4%	9.5–11.3%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	15.7%	14–17.6%	12.1%	worse
COPD	12.5%	11–14%	8%	worse
Heart disease	10.1%	9.1–11.1%	6.8%	worse
Stroke	5.1%	4.6–5.6%	3.6%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	21.7%	19–24.6%	16%	worse
Binge drink	14.3%	12.1–16.7%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	35.9%	31.5–40.4%	28.8%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	38.3%	32.7–44.1%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.1%	76.1–81.9%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	53.8%	50.4–57.2%	60.4%	worse
Cholesterol check	83.5%	81.5–85.3%	84.5%	about the same
Colon screening	63.4%	58.9–67.7%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	69.4%	62–76.1%	74.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.2%	77.9–82.4%	77.2%	better
No health insurance	10.3%	8.4–12.5%	8.7%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.9%	26.9–35.3%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.1%	17.4–23%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18.7%	16.9–20.6%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	27.3%	24.2–30.4%	20.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	18.3%	16.4–20.3%	14.2%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	17.1%	14.5–19.8%	13.7%	worse
Housing insecurity	12.8%	11–14.7%	12.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	9.9%	8.7–11.3%	9%	about the same
No reliable transportation	9.8%	8.6–11.1%	8.4%	worse
Receive SNAP	15.1%	12.7–17.6%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	44%	39.9–48.2%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	22.1%	19.6–24.7%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	20.4%	18.3–22.7%	17.2%
Hearing	11.8%	10.7–13%	8.3%
Vision	7%	6.3–7.8%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	5.7%	5–6.3%	3.9%
Errands alone	12.1%	10.8–13.5%	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 Prairie door to door.

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

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