Health · Dummer

Dummer, NH health

Dummer differs from New Hampshire on 12 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (17.1% vs 8.9%) and more adults with COPD (8.2% vs 6.2%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 03588 (all of Dummer)

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 299 people are less certain, so we show Dummer's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Dummer compares with New Hampshire

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 Dummer adults…

37 of every 100 Dummer adults have high blood pressure

New Hampshire: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.8–40.2%

Bars show Dummer; the black tick is New Hampshire. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Dummer, betterDummer, worseToo close to callNew Hampshire

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.2% Dummer
NH 20.7%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.6% Dummer
NH 32.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.9% Dummer
NH 15.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.8% Dummer
NH 10.8%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Dummer adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks New Hampshire.

Yearly checkup

NH 78%

Dentist visit

NH 69%

Cholesterol check

NH 88%

Colon screening

NH 70%

Mammogram

NH 79%

Taking BP meds

NH 77%

1 in 14

working-age adults has no health insurance

Dummer 7% · New Hampshire 1 in 15 (6.8%)

Mind & connection

How Dummer adults are doing

1 in 3Dummer adults feel lonely

31.4% · New Hampshire 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Dummer adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.6% · New Hampshire 22.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Dummer adults lack social or emotional support

22.9% · New Hampshire 21.6% · too close to call

1 in 6Dummer adults are in frequent mental distress

15.6% · New Hampshire 15.3% · 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

Dummer adults worry about having enough food

10.5% · NH 9.5% · about the same

1 in 12

Dummer adults worry about keeping their housing

8.5% · NH 8.1% · about the same

1 in 18

Dummer adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.7% · NH 5.4% · about the same

1 in 16

Dummer adults lack reliable transportation

6.1% · NH 5.6% · about the same

7.7% of Dummer adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 6.5% across New Hampshire.

Disability

Living with a disability

31%

of Dummer adults live with a disability (New Hampshire 26.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs14.1%

Thinking or memory13.3%

Hearing8.6%

Errands alone7.7%

Vision4.5%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

Black tick: New Hampshire. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Dummer

Dummer 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.

35.5%38.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#1 of 6towns on this map, healthiest first

Dummer35.5%

Milan35.5%

Stark38.7%

Care nearby

Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin · 13.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Weeks Medical CenterLancaster · 19.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Upper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook · 20 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Rumford HospitalRumford · 35.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Coos County Family Health ServicesBerlin · 13.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Coos County Family Health SvcsBerlin · 13.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careDummer's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Coos County · need score 7 of 25

! Dental careDummer's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Coos County · need score 16 of 25

! Mental healthDummer's county is a federal shortage area.Coos County · need score 15 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 Dummer. 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 Dummer

Measure	Dummer	Margin	New Hampshire
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.5%	32.8–40.2%	33%	about the same
High cholesterol	38.3%	34.6–42.2%	35.2%	about the same
Obesity	35.5%	30–41.5%	31.8%	about the same
Arthritis	32.8%	29.4–36.2%	27.6%	worse
Depression	22.6%	19.4–26.1%	22.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	17.1%	14.2–20.2%	8.9%	worse
Asthma	11.5%	10.1–13%	10.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.8%	9.7–11.9%	9.8%	about the same
Diabetes	11.9%	10.2–13.7%	9.4%	worse
COPD	8.2%	6.8–9.7%	6.2%	worse
Heart disease	7.4%	6.4–8.5%	6%	worse
Stroke	3.8%	3.3–4.4%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.8%	10.9–16.5%	10.8%	worse
Binge drink	14.9%	12.3–17.8%	15.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.2%	20.9–29.6%	20.7%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	32.6%	27.7–37.4%	32.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.1%	75.7–82.3%	77.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.2%	59.5–66.6%	68.8%	worse
Cholesterol check	89.2%	87.4–91%	88.3%	about the same
Colon screening	70.3%	65.9–74.2%	69.5%	about the same
Mammogram	72.3%	65.4–78.3%	78.8%	worse
Taking BP meds	79.7%	76.5–82.7%	76.8%	about the same
No health insurance	7%	5.3–9%	6.8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.4%	27.2–35.8%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.9%	19.3–26.6%	21.6%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.6%	13.6–17.7%	15.3%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.6%	14.6–20.7%	14.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	13.7%	11.8–15.8%	11.7%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.5%	8.3–13%	9.5%	about the same
Housing insecurity	8.5%	6.9–10.3%	8.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.7%	4.7–6.8%	5.4%	about the same
No reliable transportation	6.1%	5.1–7.2%	5.6%	about the same
Receive SNAP	7.7%	5.9–9.8%	6.5%
Disability
Any disability	31%	26.7–35.4%	26.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	14.1%	11.7–16.6%	11.3%
Thinking or memory	13.3%	11.3–15.4%	12%
Hearing	8.6%	7.5–9.7%	7.2%
Vision	4.5%	3.8–5.2%	3.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3.1–4.3%	2.9%
Errands alone	7.7%	6.5–8.9%	6.6%

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 Dummer door to door.

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

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

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