Health · Upper Bern

Upper Bern, PA health

On every measure CDC estimates, Upper Bern looks like Pennsylvania as a whole: no difference is outside the margin of error.

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 19526, 19506, 19541, 19554

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

Report card

How Upper Bern 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.

Care & screenings

0 better3 close0 worse

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Upper Bern adults…

13 of every 100 Upper Bern adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · too close to call · margin 10.3–15.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Upper Bern, betterUpper Bern, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.6% Upper Bern
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Upper Bern 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 Upper Bern

Upper Bern and the towns around it

Care nearby

Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg · 9.4 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Penn State Health St. JosephReading · 11.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Surgical Institute of ReadingWyomissing · 12.2 mi Directions Medicare profile

Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville · 12.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Keystone Agricultural Worker Program - BerksReading · 13.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Berks Community Health Center at RocklandReading · 14 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careUpper Bern is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careUpper Bern is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthUpper Bern 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 Upper Bern. 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 Upper Bern

Measure	Upper Bern	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.8%	10.3–15.7%	14.5%	about the same
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	39.6%	33–46.5%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	65.5%	61.8–69.1%	64.4%	about the same
Colon screening	67.2%	61.9–72.1%	67.5%	about the same
Mammogram	77.8%	70.3–84.3%	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 Upper Bern door to door.

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

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

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.