Health · Spade

Spade, NE health

Spade differs from Nebraska on 15 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults without reliable transportation (9.4% vs 6.7%) and more adults with heart disease (8.4% vs 6.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 68724, 68760

Report card

How Spade 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 Spade adults…

36 of every 100 Spade adults have high blood pressure

Nebraska: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.3–39.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Spade, betterSpade, worseToo close to callNebraska

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.5% Spade
NE 24.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.2% Spade
NE 31.3%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.3% Spade
NE 19.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.4% Spade
NE 13.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Spade 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 9

working-age adults has no health insurance

Spade 10.9% · Nebraska 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Spade adults are doing

1 in 3Spade adults feel lonely

30.9% · Nebraska 29.3% · too close to call

1 in 6Spade adults have been diagnosed with depression

16.9% · Nebraska 18.3% · too close to call

1 in 4Spade adults lack social or emotional support

22.4% · Nebraska 20.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Spade adults are in frequent mental distress

15.4% · 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 6

Spade adults worry about having enough food

16.8% · NE 12.3% · worse

1 in 9

Spade adults worry about keeping their housing

11.6% · NE 9.5% · worse

1 in 12

Spade adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

8.4% · NE 6.4% · worse

1 in 11

Spade adults lack reliable transportation

9.4% · NE 6.7% · worse

12.3% of Spade adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.5% across Nebraska.

Disability

Living with a disability

33.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.4%

Thinking or memory14.3%

Hearing10.3%

Errands alone8.9%

Vision6%

Dressing or bathing4.3%

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

Around Spade

Spade and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are the nearest hospitals and community health centers.

37.4%43%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#11 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Center37.4%

Harrison39.1%

Valley39.4%

Sparta39.4%

Spade40.2%

Union43%

Care nearby

Avera Creighton HospitalCreighton · 13.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Chi Health Plainview HospitalPlainview · 21.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

St. Michael's Hospital - CahTyndall · 23.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Osmond General HospitalOsmond · 25.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Horizon Health - Yankton Medical and DentalYankton · 29.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Midtown Health Center - O'neillOneill · 40.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careSpade's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Knox County · need score 13 of 25

✓ Dental careSpade is not a shortage area

! Mental healthSpade's county is a federal shortage area.Catchment Area 4 · need score 17 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 Spade. 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 Spade

Measure	Spade	Margin	Nebraska
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.9%	32.3–39.7%	32.6%	about the same
High cholesterol	35%	31.3–38.8%	33%	about the same
Obesity	40.2%	33.8–46.9%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	27.2%	24.3–30.2%	24%	worse
Depression	16.9%	14.3–19.7%	18.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	14.6%	12–17.7%	12.4%	about the same
Asthma	9.6%	8.5–10.9%	9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.8%	8–9.7%	8.3%	about the same
Diabetes	13.6%	11.8–15.4%	10.7%	worse
COPD	8.4%	7.2–9.7%	6.1%	worse
Heart disease	8.4%	7.4–9.4%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	4.2%	3.7–4.7%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.4%	14.6–20.2%	13.2%	worse
Binge drink	19.3%	16.2–22.7%	19.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.5%	25.1–34.5%	24.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	33.2%	27.3–39.6%	31.3%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75%	71.4–78.6%	75.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	57.4%	53.7–61.2%	64.3%	worse
Cholesterol check	80.7%	78.2–83.1%	83.7%	worse
Colon screening	60.8%	55.6–65.9%	62.3%	about the same
Mammogram	70.6%	62.1–78.5%	75%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.7%	77.1–82%	77.5%	about the same
No health insurance	10.9%	8.8–13.4%	9.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.9%	26.1–36%	29.3%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.4%	18.8–26.1%	20.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.4%	13.5–17.4%	14.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	19.7%	16.9–22.7%	16.1%	worse
Frequent physical distress	13.9%	12.1–15.7%	11.6%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	16.8%	14–19.9%	12.3%	worse
Housing insecurity	11.6%	9.7–13.6%	9.5%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	8.4%	7.2–9.8%	6.4%	worse
No reliable transportation	9.4%	8.1–10.8%	6.7%	worse
Receive SNAP	12.3%	10.1–14.7%	8.5%
Disability
Any disability	33.8%	29.5–38.4%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.4%	13.2–17.7%	12%
Thinking or memory	14.3%	12.5–16.4%	12.1%
Hearing	10.3%	9–11.5%	7.3%
Vision	6%	5.3–6.8%	4.4%
Dressing or bathing	4.3%	3.7–4.8%	3.2%
Errands alone	8.9%	7.7–10.1%	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 Spade door to door.

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

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