Health · Brown

Brown, OH health

Brown differs from Ohio on 19 of 40 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (9.5% vs 15.3%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (9.1% vs 14.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 43015, 43074

Report card

How Brown 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 Brown adults…

32 of every 100 Brown adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · better · margin 29.3–35.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Brown, betterBrown, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 19.7% Brown
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.5% Brown
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.9% Brown
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.3% Brown
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Brown 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 17

working-age adults has no health insurance

Brown 5.9% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Brown adults are doing

1 in 3Brown adults feel lonely

31.7% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Brown adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.9% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Brown adults lack social or emotional support

18% · Ohio 21.3% · better

1 in 7Brown adults are in frequent mental distress

15.1% · 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 11

Brown adults worry about having enough food

9.1% · OH 14.1% · better

1 in 13

Brown adults worry about keeping their housing

8% · OH 11.3% · better

1 in 17

Brown adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.8% · OH 8.3% · better

1 in 18

Brown adults lack reliable transportation

5.5% · OH 7.7% · better

7% of Brown adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

22.3%

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

Walking or climbing stairs10%

Thinking or memory11.2%

Hearing5.7%

Errands alone6.1%

Vision3.4%

Dressing or bathing2.7%

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

Around Brown

Brown 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.

30.5%40.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#7 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Berlin32.8%

Brown33.6%

Delaware33.7%

Kingston33.8%

Oxford37.2%

Care nearby

Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware · 5.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Mount Carmel St. Ann'sWesterville · 14.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Ohiohealth Morrow County HospitalMount Gilead · 17.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mount Carmel DublinDublin · 17.7 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Southeast, Inc. - Delaware Health CenterDelaware · 3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Heart of Ohio Family Health Ob-Gyn at St. Ann'sWesterville · 14.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBrown is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBrown is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBrown's county is a federal shortage area.Delaware-Morrow MHCA · 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 Brown. 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 Brown

Measure	Brown	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	32.2%	29.3–35.1%	37.2%	better
High cholesterol	34.1%	31.1–37.1%	36.7%	about the same
Obesity	33.6%	29.3–38.2%	37.1%	about the same
Arthritis	27.7%	25.2–30.1%	29.8%	about the same
Depression	22.9%	20.2–25.7%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.5%	7.8–11.4%	15.3%	better
Asthma	10.2%	9.1–11.3%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.9%	8.1–9.6%	8.7%	about the same
Diabetes	10.5%	9.3–11.8%	13.2%	better
COPD	6.1%	5.5–6.7%	8%	better
Heart disease	5.5%	5–6%	7.1%	better
Stroke	2.8%	2.6–3%	3.7%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.3%	10.7–14%	15.4%	better
Binge drink	18.9%	16.4–21.7%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	19.7%	17–22.6%	26.9%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	32.5%	28.8–36.5%	37.9%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	80.9%	78.2–83.4%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	71%	68.2–73.7%	62.9%	better
Cholesterol check	87.7%	86.1–89%	86.1%	about the same
Colon screening	68.4%	64.8–71.9%	65.2%	about the same
Mammogram	80%	74.5–84.7%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.4%	76–80.7%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	5.9%	5–6.9%	8%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.7%	27.3–36.2%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	18%	15.4–21%	21.3%	better
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.6–16.8%	17.5%	better
Fair or poor health	13.9%	12.3–15.6%	19.4%	better
Frequent physical distress	11.1%	9.9–12.4%	13.9%	better
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.1%	7.7–10.7%	14.1%	better
Housing insecurity	8%	6.9–9.3%	11.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.8%	5–6.7%	8.3%	better
No reliable transportation	5.5%	4.9–6.3%	7.7%	better
Receive SNAP	7%	5.9–8.1%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	22.3%	19.7–25%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	10%	8.9–11.2%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	11.2%	10–12.6%	13.9%
Hearing	5.7%	5.1–6.3%	6.8%
Vision	3.4%	3.1–3.7%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	2.7%	2.5–3%	3.8%
Errands alone	6.1%	5.4–6.7%	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 Brown door to door.

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

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

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.