Health · Brookside

Brookside, OH health

Brookside differs from Ohio on 9 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (9.9% vs 8%) and more adults with heart disease (8.7% vs 7.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Brookside

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 610 people are less certain, so we show Brookside's figures without a grade.

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How Brookside 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 Brookside adults…

42 of every 100 Brookside adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 37.9–45.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Brookside, betterBrookside, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 32.2% Brookside
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.5% Brookside
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16% Brookside
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 18% Brookside
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Brookside 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 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Brookside 7.9% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Brookside adults are doing

1 in 3Brookside adults feel lonely

33.8% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Brookside adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.7% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Brookside adults lack social or emotional support

20.8% · Ohio 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Brookside adults are in frequent mental distress

18.4% · Ohio 17.5% · 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 7

Brookside adults worry about having enough food

14% · OH 14.1% · about the same

1 in 9

Brookside adults worry about keeping their housing

11.1% · OH 11.3% · about the same

1 in 12

Brookside adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

8.4% · OH 8.3% · about the same

1 in 13

Brookside adults lack reliable transportation

7.7% · OH 7.7% · about the same

12.1% of Brookside adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

33.2%

of Brookside adults live with a disability (Ohio 29.5%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16.3%

Thinking or memory14.9%

Hearing8.2%

Errands alone9.1%

Vision5.4%

Dressing or bathing4.4%

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

Around Brookside

Brookside 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.

41%44.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#2 of 5towns on this map, healthiest first

Brookside41.3%

Bridgeport41.5%

Care nearby

East Ohio Regional HospitalMartins Ferry · 2.8 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Wheeling HospitalWheeling · 3.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Reynolds Memorial HospitalGlen Dale · 8.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Harrison Community HospitalCadiz · 17.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Wheeling Health Right CenterWheeling · 2.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Southeast, Inc. - Martins Ferry Health CenterMartins Ferry · 2.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

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

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

! Mental healthBrookside's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, MHCA 8 · 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 Brookside. 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 Brookside

Measure	Brookside	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	41.5%	37.9–45.3%	37.2%	worse
High cholesterol	41.3%	37.6–45%	36.7%	worse
Obesity	41.3%	35.7–47.3%	37.1%	about the same
Arthritis	34.4%	31.1–37.7%	29.8%	worse
Depression	26.7%	23.3–30.3%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.9%	10.7–15.4%	15.3%	about the same
Asthma	11.4%	10–12.8%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10%	8.9–11%	8.7%	worse
Diabetes	14.8%	12.8–16.9%	13.2%	about the same
COPD	9.9%	8.4–11.5%	8%	worse
Heart disease	8.7%	7.7–9.9%	7.1%	worse
Stroke	4.2%	3.7–4.8%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	18%	14.9–21.3%	15.4%	about the same
Binge drink	16%	13.5–19%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	32.2%	27.6–37.1%	26.9%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	39.5%	35–44.2%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	80.3%	77.2–83.2%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	58%	54.8–61.2%	62.9%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.3%	84.2–88.3%	86.1%	about the same
Colon screening	67%	62.7–70.9%	65.2%	about the same
Mammogram	73.1%	66.6–78.9%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81.1%	78.6–83.4%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	7.9%	6.1–10.1%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	33.8%	28.9–38.8%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.8%	17.4–24.3%	21.3%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18.4%	16.3–20.7%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	22.3%	19.1–26%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	16.5%	14.5–18.8%	13.9%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14%	11.1–17.3%	14.1%	about the same
Housing insecurity	11.1%	9.1–13.3%	11.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	8.4%	6.9–9.8%	8.3%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.7%	6.5–9.1%	7.7%	about the same
Receive SNAP	12.1%	9.5–15%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	33.2%	29–37.7%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.3%	13.9–19%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	14.9%	12.8–17.2%	13.9%
Hearing	8.2%	7.3–9.3%	6.8%
Vision	5.4%	4.7–6.2%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	3.8%
Errands alone	9.1%	7.8–10.5%	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 Brookside door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Brookside 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.