Health · Sinking Spring

Sinking Spring, PA health

On most measures Sinking Spring looks like Pennsylvania as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (8.4% vs 14.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Sinking Spring

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CDC doesn't publish all seven estimates the grade is built on for Sinking Spring, so we show its figures without a grade.

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How Sinking Spring compares with Pennsylvania

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.

How Sinking Spring ranks in Pennsylvania

#222 Closest to a top hospitalof 1057 · 3.9 mi

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Sinking Spring adults…

8 of every 100 Sinking Spring adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · better · margin 6.6–10.4%

Bars show Sinking Spring; the black tick is Pennsylvania. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Sinking Spring, betterSinking Spring, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 42.8% Sinking Spring
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Sinking Spring adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

Dentist visit

PA 64%

Colon screening

PA 68%

Mammogram

PA 78%

Around Sinking Spring

Sinking Spring and the towns around it

Care nearby

Surgical Institute of ReadingWyomissing · 3 mi Directions Medicare profile

Reading HospitalWest Reading · 3.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Penn State Health St. JosephReading · 4.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata · 12.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Keystone Agricultural Worker Program - BerksReading · 2.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Berks Community Health Center at OakbrookReading · 4.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSinking Spring is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSinking Spring is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSinking Spring is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Sinking Spring. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 5 measures for Sinking Spring

Measure	Sinking Spring	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	8.4%	6.6–10.4%	14.5%	better
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	42.8%	36.1–49.9%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	61.3%	57.4–65.1%	64.4%	about the same
Colon screening	64.1%	58.9–69.1%	67.5%	about the same
Mammogram	80.1%	73–86.2%	77.7%	about the same

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 Sinking Spring door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Sinking Spring directly, so these are its own figures.

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