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Cable, WI health

Cable differs from Wisconsin on 20 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing housing insecurity (6.1% vs 9.7%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (8% vs 12.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (13.3% vs 8.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 54821 (all of Cable)

TownTapestry Health GradeNew

Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 859 people are less certain, so we show Cable's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Cable compares with Wisconsin

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 Cable adults…

44 of every 100 Cable adults have high blood pressure

Wisconsin: 33 in 100 · worse · margin 39.2–47.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Cable, betterCable, worseToo close to callWisconsin

Get no exerciseshare of adults 26.8% Cable
WI 26.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.2% Cable
WI 32.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.7% Cable
WI 19%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.4% Cable
WI 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Cable adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Wisconsin.

Yearly checkup

WI 78%

Dentist visit

WI 67%

Cholesterol check

WI 86%

Colon screening

WI 69%

Mammogram

WI 80%

Taking BP meds

WI 78%

1 in 19

working-age adults has no health insurance

Cable 5.3% · Wisconsin 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Cable adults are doing

1 in 4Cable adults feel lonely

26.5% · Wisconsin 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Cable adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.3% · Wisconsin 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Cable adults lack social or emotional support

16.9% · Wisconsin 20.2% · better

1 in 8Cable adults are in frequent mental distress

12.7% · Wisconsin 15.5% · better

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 13

Cable adults worry about having enough food

8% · WI 12.1% · better

1 in 16

Cable adults worry about keeping their housing

6.1% · WI 9.7% · better

1 in 27

Cable adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

3.7% · WI 5.5% · better

1 in 21

Cable adults lack reliable transportation

4.7% · WI 6.7% · better

8.8% of Cable adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.5% across Wisconsin.

Disability

Living with a disability

32%

of Cable adults live with a disability (Wisconsin 29.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16.6%

Thinking or memory10.6%

Hearing9.6%

Errands alone7.5%

Vision4.4%

Dressing or bathing3.9%

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

Around Cable

Cable 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%41.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 18towns on this map, healthiest first

Lenroot34.4%

Spider Lake35.6%

Cable38.3%

Namakagon38.4%

Drummond38.7%

Barnes40.4%

Care nearby

Tamarack Health Hayward Medical CenterHayward · 9.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Tamarack Health Ashland Medical CenterAshland · 32.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Spooner Health SystemSpooner · 37.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Indianhead Medical CtrShell Lake · 43.5 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Northlakes - River's EdgeHayward · 16.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Northlakes - Iron RiverIron River · 25.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careCable is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careCable is not a shortage area

! Mental healthCable's county is a federal shortage area.Ashland/Bayfield/Douglas/Iron/Sawyer/Washburn Counties · need score 17 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 Cable. 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 Cable

Measure	Cable	Margin	Wisconsin
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	43.5%	39.2–47.6%	33.3%	worse
High cholesterol	45.4%	41.3–49.5%	34.4%	worse
Obesity	38.3%	32.2–44.4%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	36.6%	32.7–40.2%	26.6%	worse
Depression	22.3%	19.2–25.5%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	7%	5.6–8.6%	9.9%	better
Asthma	10.5%	9.3–11.7%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	13.3%	12.1–14.6%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	14.4%	12.3–16.6%	11.4%	worse
COPD	8.3%	6.7–10%	6.5%	worse
Heart disease	9.6%	8.3–10.9%	6.6%	worse
Stroke	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	3.4%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.4%	9.6–15.7%	13.6%	about the same
Binge drink	14.7%	12.2–17.4%	19%	better
Get no exercise	26.8%	21.6–31.9%	26.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	30.2%	24.9–35.7%	32.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	82.5%	79.6–85.1%	77.6%	better
Dentist visit	70.3%	67.1–73.4%	67.1%	about the same
Cholesterol check	91.5%	90.1–92.7%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	73.4%	68.9–77.4%	69.4%	about the same
Mammogram	81.7%	75.7–86.6%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	85%	82.4–87.2%	77.8%	better
No health insurance	5.3%	4–6.9%	8%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	26.5%	22.5–30.7%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	16.9%	14.2–20%	20.2%	better
Frequent mental distress	12.7%	10.9–14.5%	15.5%	better
Fair or poor health	18.2%	15–21.7%	17.8%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.4%	12.2–16.7%	12.9%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	8%	6.1–10.3%	12.1%	better
Housing insecurity	6.1%	4.9–7.6%	9.7%	better
Utility shut-off threat	3.7%	3–4.5%	5.5%	better
No reliable transportation	4.7%	3.9–5.7%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	8.8%	6.6–11.4%	12.5%
Disability
Any disability	32%	27.2–36.6%	29.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.6%	13.6–19.6%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	10.6%	8.9–12.4%	12.8%
Hearing	9.6%	8.3–10.8%	6.9%
Vision	4.4%	3.7–5.2%	4.5%
Dressing or bathing	3.9%	3.2–4.6%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.5%	6.3–8.9%	7.9%

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 Cable door to door.

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

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

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