Health · Blue Ash

Blue Ash, OH health

Blue Ash differs from Ohio on 26 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (7% vs 14.1%) and fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (4.5% vs 8.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Blue Ash

Report card

How Blue Ash compares with Ohio

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 Blue Ash adults…

32 of every 100 Blue Ash adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · better · margin 29.1–34.8%

Bars show Blue Ash; the black tick is Ohio. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Blue Ash, betterBlue Ash, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 17.6% Blue Ash
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.8% Blue Ash
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.4% Blue Ash
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 8.9% Blue Ash
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Blue Ash adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Ohio.

Yearly checkup

OH 80%

Dentist visit

OH 63%

Cholesterol check

OH 86%

Colon screening

OH 65%

Mammogram

OH 76%

Taking BP meds

OH 79%

1 in 21

working-age adults has no health insurance

Blue Ash 4.8% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Blue Ash adults are doing

1 in 3Blue Ash adults feel lonely

29.6% · Ohio 35% · better

1 in 4Blue Ash adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.1% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Blue Ash adults lack social or emotional support

18% · Ohio 21.3% · better

1 in 7Blue Ash adults are in frequent mental distress

13.6% · Ohio 17.5% · better

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 14

Blue Ash adults worry about having enough food

7% · OH 14.1% · better

1 in 15

Blue Ash adults worry about keeping their housing

6.5% · OH 11.3% · better

1 in 22

Blue Ash adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.5% · OH 8.3% · better

1 in 23

Blue Ash adults lack reliable transportation

4.4% · OH 7.7% · better

4.8% of Blue Ash adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

20.2%

of Blue Ash adults live with a disability (Ohio 29.5%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs8.8%

Thinking or memory9%

Hearing5.5%

Errands alone4.9%

Vision2.9%

Dressing or bathing2.2%

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

Around Blue Ash

Blue Ash 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.

27.3%56.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 29towns on this map, healthiest first

Montgomery28.1%

Evendale28.4%

Blue Ash28.5%

Kenwood29%

Sycamore30.3%

Sharonville32.1%

Rossmoyne32.1%

Brecon32.2%

Reading35.6%

Care nearby

Bethesda NorthCincinnati · 2.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati · 2.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

West Chester HospitalWest Chester · 8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield · 8.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lincoln Heights Health CenterCincinnati · 3.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Healthsource Wards CornerLoveland · 5.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBlue Ash is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBlue Ash is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBlue Ash's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Hamilton County MHCA · need score 14 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 Blue Ash. 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 Blue Ash

Measure	Blue Ash	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.8%	29.1–34.8%	37.2%	better
High cholesterol	35.4%	32.5–38.5%	36.7%	about the same
Obesity	28.5%	25–32.4%	37.1%	better
Arthritis	26%	23.7–28.5%	29.8%	better
Depression	23.1%	20.6–25.9%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	8.4%	6.9–9.9%	15.3%	better
Asthma	9.9%	8.8–11%	11.1%	better
Cancer (not skin)	9.2%	8.4–10.1%	8.7%	about the same
Diabetes	10.4%	9.1–11.8%	13.2%	better
COPD	4.9%	4.2–5.6%	8%	better
Heart disease	5.5%	4.9–6.2%	7.1%	better
Stroke	2.6%	2.3–2.9%	3.7%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	8.9%	7.4–10.5%	15.4%	better
Binge drink	17.4%	15–20%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	17.6%	15–20.3%	26.9%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	32.8%	29.3–36.5%	37.9%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	80.5%	77.9–83%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	73.8%	71.3–76.1%	62.9%	better
Cholesterol check	89.5%	88.2–90.8%	86.1%	better
Colon screening	72.2%	68.7–75.4%	65.2%	better
Mammogram	82.1%	77.2–86.2%	76%	better
Taking BP meds	79.9%	77.4–82.2%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	4.8%	4–5.8%	8%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.6%	25.6–33.8%	35%	better
Lack emotional support	18%	15.4–20.7%	21.3%	better
Frequent mental distress	13.6%	12–15.2%	17.5%	better
Fair or poor health	12.2%	10.5–14%	19.4%	better
Frequent physical distress	9.5%	8.3–10.8%	13.9%	better
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	7%	5.8–8.4%	14.1%	better
Housing insecurity	6.5%	5.4–7.6%	11.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.5%	3.8–5.3%	8.3%	better
No reliable transportation	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	7.7%	better
Receive SNAP	4.8%	3.9–5.8%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	20.2%	17.7–22.9%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	8.8%	7.5–10.1%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	9%	7.9–10.3%	13.9%
Hearing	5.5%	4.9–6.2%	6.8%
Vision	2.9%	2.6–3.2%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	2.2%	2–2.5%	3.8%
Errands alone	4.9%	4.3–5.6%	8.1%

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 Blue Ash door to door.

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

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

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