Health · North Cedar

North Cedar, NE health

North Cedar differs from Nebraska on 9 of 40 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (8.1% vs 12.4%) and fewer uninsured adults (6.6% vs 9.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.6% vs 8.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 68015 (all of North Cedar)

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 879 people are less certain, so we show North Cedar's figures without a grade.

Report card

How North Cedar compares with Nebraska

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 North Cedar adults…

35 of every 100 North Cedar adults have high blood pressure

Nebraska: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.4–39.2%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

North Cedar, betterNorth Cedar, worseToo close to callNebraska

Get no exerciseshare of adults 23% North Cedar
NE 24.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 28.7% North Cedar
NE 31.3%

Binge drinkshare of adults 21.1% North Cedar
NE 19.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.9% North Cedar
NE 13.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

NE 76%

Dentist visit

NE 64%

Cholesterol check

NE 84%

Colon screening

NE 62%

Mammogram

NE 75%

Taking BP meds

NE 78%

1 in 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

North Cedar 6.6% · Nebraska 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How North Cedar adults are doing

1 in 4North Cedar adults feel lonely

26.9% · Nebraska 29.3% · too close to call

1 in 6North Cedar adults have been diagnosed with depression

16.5% · Nebraska 18.3% · too close to call

1 in 5North Cedar adults lack social or emotional support

18.8% · Nebraska 20.5% · too close to call

1 in 8North Cedar adults are in frequent mental distress

12.8% · Nebraska 14.1% · 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 11

North Cedar adults worry about having enough food

8.7% · NE 12.3% · better

1 in 14

North Cedar adults worry about keeping their housing

7% · NE 9.5% · better

1 in 20

North Cedar adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.9% · NE 6.4% · better

1 in 20

North Cedar adults lack reliable transportation

5% · NE 6.7% · better

6% of North Cedar adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.5% across Nebraska.

Disability

Living with a disability

24.8%

of North Cedar adults live with a disability (Nebraska 27.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.1%

Thinking or memory10.5%

Hearing7.4%

Errands alone6%

Vision3.5%

Dressing or bathing2.9%

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

Around North Cedar

North Cedar 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 North Cedar.

38.7%42.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

North Cedar39.5%

Pohocco39.6%

South Cedar39.6%

Platte40%

Morse Bluff40%

Care nearby

Methodist Fremont HealthFremont · 7.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Saunders Medical CenterWahoo · 14.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Chi Health SchuylerSchuyler · 22.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Chi Health LakesideOmaha · 25.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Good Neighbor Fremont Clinic Permanent SiteFremont · 8.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Oneworld Teen and Young Adult Health Center WestOmaha · 28.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careNorth Cedar is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careNorth Cedar is not a shortage area

! Mental healthNorth Cedar's county is a federal shortage area.Mental Health Catchment Area 5 · need score 12 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 North Cedar. 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 North Cedar

Measure	North Cedar	Margin	Nebraska
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.2%	31.4–39.2%	32.6%	about the same
High cholesterol	35.2%	31.4–39.2%	33%	about the same
Obesity	39.5%	33.2–46%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	26.9%	23.7–30%	24%	about the same
Depression	16.5%	13.9–19.4%	18.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	8.1%	6.5–10.1%	12.4%	better
Asthma	9%	8–10.2%	9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.6%	8.7–10.6%	8.3%	worse
Diabetes	10.5%	8.9–12.1%	10.7%	about the same
COPD	6.1%	5.1–7.1%	6.1%	about the same
Heart disease	6.2%	5.5–7%	6.1%	about the same
Stroke	3.1%	2.7–3.4%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.9%	10.5–15.6%	13.2%	about the same
Binge drink	21.1%	17.8–24.6%	19.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	23%	19–27.5%	24.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	28.7%	23.4–34.7%	31.3%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.6%	73–79.9%	75.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	67%	63.5–70.3%	64.3%	about the same
Cholesterol check	86.4%	84.4–88.3%	83.7%	better
Colon screening	68.6%	63.9–73.1%	62.3%	better
Mammogram	75.2%	67.9–81.9%	75%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.3%	76.4–82%	77.5%	about the same
No health insurance	6.6%	5.2–8.2%	9.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	26.9%	22.5–31.6%	29.3%	about the same
Lack emotional support	18.8%	15.7–22.4%	20.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	12.8%	11.1–14.5%	14.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	13.8%	11.5–16.2%	16.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.2%	9.7–12.8%	11.6%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	8.7%	6.9–10.8%	12.3%	better
Housing insecurity	7%	5.6–8.5%	9.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.9%	4–5.8%	6.4%	better
No reliable transportation	5%	4.2–5.8%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	6%	4.6–7.6%	8.5%
Disability
Any disability	24.8%	21.1–28.7%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.1%	9.3–13%	12%
Thinking or memory	10.5%	9–12.1%	12.1%
Hearing	7.4%	6.5–8.3%	7.3%
Vision	3.5%	3.1–4.1%	4.4%
Dressing or bathing	2.9%	2.5–3.3%	3.2%
Errands alone	6%	5.2–7%	6.9%

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 North Cedar door to door.

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

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

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