Health · Wittenberg

Wittenberg, SD health

On most measures Wittenberg looks like South Dakota as a whole. It has more adults screened for colon cancer (71.5% vs 65.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 57052, 57366

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 258 people are less certain, so we show Wittenberg's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Wittenberg compares with South Dakota

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 Wittenberg adults…

31 of every 100 Wittenberg adults have high blood pressure

South Dakota: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27.5–35.5%

Bars show Wittenberg; the black tick is South Dakota. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Wittenberg, betterWittenberg, worseToo close to callSouth Dakota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 22.1% Wittenberg
SD 24.1%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.2% Wittenberg
SD 29.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.2% Wittenberg
SD 18.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.9% Wittenberg
SD 15.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Wittenberg adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks South Dakota.

Yearly checkup

SD 77%

Dentist visit

SD 69%

Cholesterol check

SD 85%

Colon screening

SD 66%

Mammogram

SD 77%

Taking BP meds

SD 76%

1 in 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Wittenberg 7.9% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)

Mind & connection

How Wittenberg adults are doing

1 in 5Wittenberg adults have been diagnosed with depression

21.2% · South Dakota 21.2% · too close to call

1 in 7Wittenberg adults are in frequent mental distress

15.1% · South Dakota 15.3% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

28.4%

of Wittenberg adults live with a disability (South Dakota 30.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.9%

Thinking or memory13.2%

Hearing8.2%

Errands alone7.3%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.1%

Black tick: South Dakota. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Wittenberg

Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg.

31.6%35.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#2 of 18towns on this map, healthiest first

Tschetter Colony31.6%

Wittenberg33%

Sharon33.5%

Kassel33.7%

Wolf Creek34%

Capital34.2%

Milltown34.3%

Clayton35.2%

Care nearby

Landmann Jungman Memorial Hospital CorporationScotland · 11.9 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Freeman Medical Center - CahFreeman · 14 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Avera St. Benedict Health Center - CahParkston · 15.2 mi · ★★★★★ · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

St. Michael's Hospital - CahTyndall · 24.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Access Health - MitchellMitchell · 30 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Horizon Health - Yankton Medical and DentalYankton · 34.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWittenberg is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWittenberg is not a shortage area

! Mental healthWittenberg's county is a federal shortage area.Lewis and Clark Behavioral Health Services - MHCA 12 · need score 18 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 Wittenberg. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 33 measures for Wittenberg

Measure	Wittenberg	Margin	South Dakota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.4%	27.5–35.5%	33.3%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.9%	28.7–37.3%	34%	about the same
Obesity	33%	25.4–41.7%	35.9%	about the same
Arthritis	25.2%	22.2–28.5%	25.8%	about the same
Depression	21.2%	17.9–24.9%	21.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11.9%	9.6–14.6%	12.7%	about the same
Asthma	10%	8.8–11.3%	10.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.7%	8.8–10.7%	9.2%	about the same
Diabetes	10.3%	8.8–12%	11.7%	about the same
COPD	6.4%	5.4–7.6%	6.7%	about the same
Heart disease	6.7%	5.8–7.6%	6.8%	about the same
Stroke	3.3%	2.9–3.7%	3.5%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.9%	11.3–16.7%	15.2%	about the same
Binge drink	19.2%	16–23%	18.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	22.1%	17.8–26.7%	24.1%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.2%	23–35.9%	29.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.1%	71.2–79.1%	76.5%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.6%	63.9–71.2%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.9%	82.5–87%	84.8%	about the same
Colon screening	71.5%	66.8–76.2%	65.5%	better
Mammogram	78%	70.7–84.6%	76.6%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.3%	73.3–79.1%	75.9%	about the same
No health insurance	7.9%	6.1–10.1%	8.8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.1–17.2%	15.3%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.7%	13.1–18.4%	17.3%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.8%	10.1–13.5%	12.3%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	28.4%	24–32.9%	30.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.9%	10–14%	12.9%
Thinking or memory	13.2%	11.2–15.2%	13.7%
Hearing	8.2%	7.2–9.3%	8.2%
Vision	4%	3.4–4.7%	4.7%
Dressing or bathing	3.1%	2.7–3.7%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.3%	6.2–8.5%	7.8%

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 Wittenberg door to door.

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

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

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