Health · Aberdeen

Aberdeen, NC health

On most measures Aberdeen looks like North Carolina as a whole. It has fewer adults with COPD (6.1% vs 7.1%) and fewer adults with heart disease (5.7% vs 6.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Aberdeen

A-Health Grade

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Aberdeen’s Health Grade: A−

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Aberdeen is healthier than 75% of U.S. towns and 75% of North Carolina towns.

B+Self-rated healthA-Physical distressB-Mental distressBObesityA-DiabetesB+SmokingA-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 75%

Less healthyHealthier

North Carolina towns we grade (455)Healthier than 75%

Towns with similar incomes, $56K–$94K (9,885)Healthier than 89%

About what its income would suggest. Aberdeen does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Aberdeen could be anywhere from C+ to A.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in North Carolina ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Aberdeen with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Aberdeen uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Aberdeen compares with North Carolina

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 Aberdeen adults…

35 of every 100 Aberdeen adults have high blood pressure

North Carolina: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.4–38.5%

Bars show Aberdeen; the black tick is North Carolina. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Aberdeen, betterAberdeen, worseToo close to callNorth Carolina

Get no exerciseshare of adults 21.1% Aberdeen
NC 23.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 34.3% Aberdeen
NC 34.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.4% Aberdeen
NC 14.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.2% Aberdeen
NC 13.5%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Aberdeen adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks North Carolina.

Yearly checkup

NC 80%

Dentist visit

NC 64%

Cholesterol check

NC 88%

Colon screening

NC 66%

Mammogram

NC 79%

Taking BP meds

NC 77%

1 in 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Aberdeen 9.1% · North Carolina 1 in 10 (10.4%)

Mind & connection

How Aberdeen adults are doing

1 in 3Aberdeen adults feel lonely

32.2% · North Carolina 32.5% · too close to call

1 in 4Aberdeen adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.8% · North Carolina 24.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Aberdeen adults lack social or emotional support

22.3% · North Carolina 22.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Aberdeen adults are in frequent mental distress

16.9% · North Carolina 16.5% · 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

Aberdeen adults worry about having enough food

13.4% · NC 15.2% · about the same

1 in 9

Aberdeen adults worry about keeping their housing

11.4% · NC 12.2% · about the same

1 in 13

Aberdeen adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.6% · NC 8.1% · about the same

1 in 13

Aberdeen adults lack reliable transportation

7.7% · NC 8.4% · about the same

10.7% of Aberdeen adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.3% across North Carolina.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.9%

of Aberdeen adults live with a disability (North Carolina 32%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.5%

Thinking or memory14.5%

Hearing6.6%

Errands alone7.7%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

Black tick: North Carolina. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Aberdeen

Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen.

28.6%37.6%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 6towns on this map, healthiest first

Pinehurst28.6%

Southern Pines30.9%

Aberdeen34.3%

Care nearby

Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst · 5.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford · 14.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Womack Amc (Ft Bragg)Fort Bragg · 22.5 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Central Carolina HospitalSanford · 27 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Goshen Medical Center - RaefordRaeford · 16.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Scotland Health CenterLaurinburg · 26.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careAberdeen is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careAberdeen is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthAberdeen is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen

Measure	Aberdeen	Margin	North Carolina
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.5%	30.4–38.5%	36.8%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.8%	29.4–38%	35.6%	about the same
Obesity	34.3%	26.7–41.9%	35.1%	about the same
Arthritis	25.1%	21.9–28.2%	26.9%	about the same
Depression	24.8%	21–28.6%	24.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.6%	10.1–15.3%	13.9%	about the same
Asthma	11%	9.6–12.4%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.5%	6.8–8.3%	7.9%	about the same
Diabetes	10.4%	8.9–12%	12%	about the same
COPD	6.1%	5.3–7%	7.1%	better
Heart disease	5.7%	5.1–6.4%	6.6%	better
Stroke	3.3%	3–3.6%	3.6%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.2%	10.2–14.5%	13.5%	about the same
Binge drink	15.4%	12.5–18.5%	14.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	21.1%	17.1–25.1%	23.8%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	34.3%	28.1–40.8%	34.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.4%	75.6–82.7%	80%	about the same
Dentist visit	65.2%	61.6–68.9%	63.6%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.3%	85.3–89%	87.5%	about the same
Colon screening	69.5%	64.7–74%	65.7%	about the same
Mammogram	79.5%	72.3–85.5%	78.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	75.3%	72.3–78%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	9.1%	7.5–10.9%	10.4%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32.2%	27.7–37.1%	32.5%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.3%	19.1–25.9%	22.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.9%	14.8–19.1%	16.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.6%	14.2–19.1%	19%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.7%	10.1–13.2%	12.7%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.4%	11.3–15.8%	15.2%	about the same
Housing insecurity	11.4%	9.7–13.3%	12.2%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	7.6%	6.6–8.9%	8.1%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.7%	6.7–8.8%	8.4%	about the same
Receive SNAP	10.7%	9–12.9%	12.3%
Disability
Any disability	30.9%	26.4–35.1%	32%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.5%	10.7–14.3%	14.2%
Thinking or memory	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	14.8%
Hearing	6.6%	5.8–7.5%	7.3%
Vision	4.6%	4.2–5.1%	5.3%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3.1–3.8%	4%
Errands alone	7.7%	6.8–8.7%	8.2%

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 Aberdeen door to door.

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

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

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