Health · Letart

Letart, OH health

Letart differs from Ohio on 19 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (12.6% vs 8%) and more older adults who have lost all their teeth (23.7% vs 15.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 45771 (all of Letart)

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 728 people are less certain, so we show Letart's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Letart 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 Letart adults…

45 of every 100 Letart adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 40.8–49%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Letart, betterLetart, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 38.3% Letart
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.8% Letart
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.6% Letart
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 22.4% Letart
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Letart 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 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Letart 9.2% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Letart adults are doing

1 in 3Letart adults feel lonely

34% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Letart adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.6% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Letart adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · Ohio 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Letart adults are in frequent mental distress

20.1% · Ohio 17.5% · worse

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

Letart adults worry about having enough food

18.1% · OH 14.1% · worse

1 in 8

Letart adults worry about keeping their housing

12.9% · OH 11.3% · about the same

1 in 10

Letart adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

10.4% · OH 8.3% · worse

1 in 11

Letart adults lack reliable transportation

9.4% · OH 7.7% · worse

17.8% of Letart adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

36.7%

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

Walking or climbing stairs19.6%

Thinking or memory17.3%

Hearing9.3%

Errands alone10.9%

Vision6.6%

Dressing or bathing5.5%

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

Around Letart

Letart and the towns around it

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

39.4%45.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 8towns on this map, healthiest first

Letart44.6%

Sutton44.6%

Lebanon45.1%

Care nearby

Rivers HealthPoint Pleasant · 13.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Jackson General HospitalRipley · 13.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis · 19.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg · 27.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Hopewell Health Centers - Racine DentalRacine · 4.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

River Valley Family CareRavenswood · 6.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careLetart's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Meigs County · need score 18 of 25

! Dental careLetart's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Meigs County · need score 15 of 25

! Mental healthLetart's county is a federal shortage area.Gallia-Jackson-Meigs MHCA · need score 13 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 Letart. 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 Letart

Measure	Letart	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	44.9%	40.8–49%	37.2%	worse
High cholesterol	40.6%	36.5–44.9%	36.7%	about the same
Obesity	44.6%	37.8–51.4%	37.1%	worse
Arthritis	36.3%	32.9–39.9%	29.8%	worse
Depression	27.6%	24–31.5%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	23.7%	19.8–27.8%	15.3%	worse
Asthma	11.6%	10.3–13%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10%	9–11%	8.7%	worse
Diabetes	17.1%	15–19.4%	13.2%	worse
COPD	12.6%	11.1–14.3%	8%	worse
Heart disease	10.1%	9–11.2%	7.1%	worse
Stroke	4.9%	4.4–5.4%	3.7%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	22.4%	19.3–25.8%	15.4%	worse
Binge drink	15.6%	12.8–18.6%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	38.3%	33.5–43.5%	26.9%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	39.8%	33.7–46%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.9%	76.5–82.9%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	55.9%	52.3–59.4%	62.9%	worse
Cholesterol check	84.8%	82.7–86.6%	86.1%	about the same
Colon screening	59.7%	54.7–64.5%	65.2%	worse
Mammogram	71.8%	63.9–78.6%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.8%	78.2–83.2%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	9.2%	7.5–11.3%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	34%	29–39.5%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.3–25.1%	21.3%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	20.1%	17.9–22.4%	17.5%	worse
Fair or poor health	26.6%	23.5–30.3%	19.4%	worse
Frequent physical distress	18.3%	16.3–20.6%	13.9%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	18.1%	15.3–21.3%	14.1%	worse
Housing insecurity	12.9%	11–15%	11.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	10.4%	9–12%	8.3%	worse
No reliable transportation	9.4%	8.2–10.8%	7.7%	worse
Receive SNAP	17.8%	15–20.9%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	36.7%	32.5–41.1%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	19.6%	17.3–22.3%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	17.3%	15.3–19.6%	13.9%
Hearing	9.3%	8.3–10.5%	6.8%
Vision	6.6%	5.9–7.5%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	5.5%	4.9–6.2%	3.8%
Errands alone	10.9%	9.6–12.4%	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 Letart door to door.

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

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