Health · Bowen

Bowen, ND health

Bowen differs from North Dakota on 9 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80% vs 76.3%) and more adults getting cholesterol checked (85.8% vs 82.7%). Where it trails the state: more adults with heart disease (7.9% vs 6.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 58040, 58032, 58017

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 52 people are less certain, so we show Bowen's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Bowen compares with North Dakota

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 Bowen adults…

38 of every 100 Bowen adults have high blood pressure

North Dakota: 32 in 100 · worse · margin 33.1–42.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Bowen, betterBowen, worseToo close to callNorth Dakota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.8% Bowen
ND 21.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.9% Bowen
ND 32.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.8% Bowen
ND 21.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.5% Bowen
ND 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

ND 74%

Dentist visit

ND 65%

Cholesterol check

ND 83%

Colon screening

ND 65%

Mammogram

ND 78%

Taking BP meds

ND 76%

1 in 14

working-age adults has no health insurance

Bowen 7.3% · North Dakota 1 in 14 (7.3%)

Mind & connection

How Bowen adults are doing

1 in 4Bowen adults feel lonely

28.1% · North Dakota 29.6% · too close to call

1 in 5Bowen adults have been diagnosed with depression

19.6% · North Dakota 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Bowen adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · North Dakota 20.6% · too close to call

1 in 7Bowen adults are in frequent mental distress

13.4% · North Dakota 14.2% · 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 10

Bowen adults worry about having enough food

9.8% · ND 10.7% · about the same

1 in 12

Bowen adults worry about keeping their housing

8.1% · ND 8.9% · about the same

1 in 19

Bowen adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.2% · ND 5.8% · about the same

1 in 18

Bowen adults lack reliable transportation

5.7% · ND 6.5% · about the same

5.9% of Bowen adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 6.7% across North Dakota.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.4%

of Bowen adults live with a disability (North Dakota 27.6%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.7%

Thinking or memory12.2%

Hearing9.6%

Errands alone7.3%

Vision4.4%

Dressing or bathing3.6%

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

Around Bowen

Bowen and the towns around it

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

38.8%43.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#9 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Forman39.7%

Forman40.7%

Dunbar40.7%

Bowen41.8%

Whitestone Hill42.4%

Harlem43%

Care nearby

Chi Oakes HospitalOakes · 18.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lisbon Area Health ServicesLisbon · 19.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Marshall County Healthcare Center - CahBritton · 25.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Coteau Des Prairies Health Care SystemSisseton · 46.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Family Healthcare Lamoure, North DakotaLamoure · 31.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Horizon Health - AberdeenAberdeen · 60.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBowen is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBowen is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBowen's county is a federal shortage area.Sargent County · need score 13 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 Bowen. 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 Bowen

Measure	Bowen	Margin	North Dakota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	37.5%	33.1–42.3%	31.8%	worse
High cholesterol	38.3%	33.7–43.2%	33.8%	about the same
Obesity	41.8%	33.3–51%	36.5%	about the same
Arthritis	30.5%	26.9–34.5%	25.3%	worse
Depression	19.6%	16.4–23.2%	21.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.6%	8.5–13.1%	10.8%	about the same
Asthma	9.8%	8.6–11.2%	10.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.5%	9.4–11.6%	8.2%	worse
Diabetes	12%	10.3–14.1%	9.8%	worse
COPD	7.3%	6.2–8.6%	5.9%	worse
Heart disease	7.9%	6.9–8.9%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	3.8%	3.4–4.4%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.5%	11.9–17.4%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	19.8%	16.4–23.8%	21.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.8%	20.3–30.1%	21.8%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	32.9%	26.5–40%	32.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.5%	72.5–80.3%	74.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.2%	62.4–70%	64.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.8%	83.6–87.8%	82.7%	better
Colon screening	67.1%	61.8–72.2%	64.9%	about the same
Mammogram	78.9%	71.3–85.2%	78%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80%	76.9–82.9%	76.3%	better
No health insurance	7.3%	5.7–9.2%	7.3%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	28.1%	23.4–33.2%	29.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.1–25.2%	20.6%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	13.4%	11.7–15.4%	14.2%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.9%	15.1–21.2%	16.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.2%	11.4–15.2%	11.4%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.8%	7.9–11.9%	10.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	8.1%	6.6–9.6%	8.9%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.2%	4.4–6.1%	5.8%	about the same
No reliable transportation	5.7%	4.9–6.6%	6.5%	about the same
Receive SNAP	5.9%	4.7–7.4%	6.7%
Disability
Any disability	30.4%	26.1–35.4%	27.6%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.7%	11.5–16.2%	11.2%
Thinking or memory	12.2%	10.5–14.2%	12.6%
Hearing	9.6%	8.4–10.9%	7.8%
Vision	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	4.1%
Dressing or bathing	3.6%	3.1–4.2%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.3%	6.3–8.6%	7.1%

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 Bowen door to door.

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

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

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