Health · Salisbury

Salisbury, OH health

Salisbury differs from Ohio on 21 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (13.2% vs 8%) and more adults with heart disease (10.5% vs 7.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 45769, 45760

Report card

How Salisbury 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 Salisbury adults…

45 of every 100 Salisbury adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 41.1–49.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Salisbury, betterSalisbury, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 39.4% Salisbury
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 40% Salisbury
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.2% Salisbury
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 22.5% Salisbury
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Salisbury 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 10

working-age adults has no health insurance

Salisbury 9.8% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Salisbury adults are doing

1 in 3Salisbury adults feel lonely

34.8% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Salisbury adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.9% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Salisbury adults lack social or emotional support

22% · Ohio 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Salisbury adults are in frequent mental distress

20.5% · 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 5

Salisbury adults worry about having enough food

19% · OH 14.1% · worse

1 in 8

Salisbury adults worry about keeping their housing

13.2% · OH 11.3% · worse

1 in 9

Salisbury adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

10.6% · OH 8.3% · worse

1 in 10

Salisbury adults lack reliable transportation

9.8% · OH 7.7% · worse

18.7% of Salisbury adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

38.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs20.5%

Thinking or memory18%

Hearing9.7%

Errands alone11.6%

Vision7%

Dressing or bathing5.8%

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

Around Salisbury

Salisbury 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.

34.2%46.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#11 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Cheshire36.9%

Bedford42.2%

Salisbury44.1%

Chester44.1%

Sutton44.6%

Rutland45.3%

Pomeroy46.3%

Middleport46.9%

Care nearby

Rivers HealthPoint Pleasant · 14.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Ohiohealth O'bleness HospitalAthens · 18.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis · 18.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Jackson General HospitalRipley · 27.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access

Hopewell Health Centers - PomeroyPomeroy · 2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Cheshire ReachCheshire · 9.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

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

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

! Mental healthSalisbury'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 Salisbury. 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 Salisbury

Measure	Salisbury	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	45.1%	41.1–49.1%	37.2%	worse
High cholesterol	40.9%	37–44.9%	36.7%	worse
Obesity	44.1%	37.5–50.8%	37.1%	worse
Arthritis	36.8%	33.4–40.3%	29.8%	worse
Depression	27.9%	24.3–31.7%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	20.8%	17.3–24.4%	15.3%	worse
Asthma	11.8%	10.5–13.3%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.2%	9.2–11.2%	8.7%	worse
Diabetes	17.2%	15.3–19.5%	13.2%	worse
COPD	13.2%	11.6–14.8%	8%	worse
Heart disease	10.5%	9.4–11.5%	7.1%	worse
Stroke	5.1%	4.5–5.6%	3.7%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	22.5%	19.4–25.5%	15.4%	worse
Binge drink	15.2%	12.7–18.2%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	39.4%	34.5–44.5%	26.9%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	40%	34–46.3%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.9%	76.7–82.9%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	55.2%	51.5–58.7%	62.9%	worse
Cholesterol check	84.3%	82.3–86.1%	86.1%	about the same
Colon screening	63.1%	58.2–67.6%	65.2%	about the same
Mammogram	72.3%	64.6–79.1%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81.1%	78.6–83.3%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	9.8%	8.1–11.8%	8%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	34.8%	30–40.1%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22%	18.8–25.6%	21.3%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	20.5%	18.3–22.8%	17.5%	worse
Fair or poor health	27.5%	24.4–30.9%	19.4%	worse
Frequent physical distress	18.8%	16.6–21%	13.9%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	19%	16.1–22%	14.1%	worse
Housing insecurity	13.2%	11.4–15.4%	11.3%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	10.6%	9.1–12.1%	8.3%	worse
No reliable transportation	9.8%	8.6–11.2%	7.7%	worse
Receive SNAP	18.7%	16–21.6%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	38.1%	33.8–42.6%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	20.5%	18.1–23.2%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	18%	15.9–20.1%	13.9%
Hearing	9.7%	8.7–10.9%	6.8%
Vision	7%	6.3–7.9%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	5.8%	5.1–6.4%	3.8%
Errands alone	11.6%	10.3–13%	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 Salisbury door to door.

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

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