Health · Douglas

Douglas, WY health

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

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Douglas

BHealth Grade

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Douglas’s Health Grade: B

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Douglas is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns and 51% of Wyoming towns.

BSelf-rated healthBPhysical distressBMental distressB-ObesityA-DiabetesC+SmokingB-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 58%

Less healthyHealthier

Wyoming towns we grade (56)Healthier than 51%

Towns with similar incomes, $62K–$104K (9,662)Healthier than 57%

About what its income would suggest. Douglas does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Douglas could be anywhere from C− to A.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Wyoming ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Douglas with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Douglas uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Douglas compares with Wyoming

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 Douglas adults…

31 of every 100 Douglas adults have high blood pressure

Wyoming: 32 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27.4–35.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Douglas, betterDouglas, worseToo close to callWyoming

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.6% Douglas
WY 25.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.2% Douglas
WY 32.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.9% Douglas
WY 15.4%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.4% Douglas
WY 14%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

WY 70%

Dentist visit

WY 63%

Cholesterol check

WY 82%

Colon screening

WY 59%

Mammogram

WY 68%

Taking BP meds

WY 73%

1 in 8

working-age adults has no health insurance

Douglas 12.8% · Wyoming 1 in 9 (11.6%)

Mind & connection

How Douglas adults are doing

1 in 5Douglas adults have been diagnosed with depression

21.3% · Wyoming 21.6% · too close to call

1 in 6Douglas adults are in frequent mental distress

16.6% · Wyoming 15.8% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

30.4%

of Douglas adults live with a disability (Wyoming 30.7%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.8%

Thinking or memory15.2%

Hearing7.7%

Errands alone8.2%

Vision4.7%

Dressing or bathing3.6%

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

Around Douglas

Douglas and the towns around it

Care in and near Douglas

1 hospital in Douglas, plus the nearest outside it. Nearest first.

Memorial Hospital of Converse CountyDouglas · 0.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Summit Medical CenterCasper · 42.6 mi Directions Medicare profile

Banner Wyoming Medical CenterCasper · 46.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Niobrara County Hospital DistrictLusk · 48.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Community Health Center of Central WyomingCasper · 44 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency CasperCasper · 46.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careDouglas's county is a federal shortage area.Converse County · need score 14 of 25

✓ Dental careDouglas is not a shortage area

! Mental healthDouglas's county is a federal shortage area.Central Wyoming · need score 16 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 Douglas. 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 Douglas

Measure	Douglas	Margin	Wyoming
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.3%	27.4–35.3%	31.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.6%	28.7–36.7%	33.8%	about the same
Obesity	36.6%	29.8–44.1%	33.7%	about the same
Arthritis	24.4%	21.3–27.6%	25.4%	about the same
Depression	21.3%	18–25%	21.6%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	14.2%	11.6–17.2%	12.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.4%	9.1–11.7%	10.2%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.1%	7.3–9%	8.9%	about the same
Diabetes	10.2%	8.8–11.9%	10.9%	about the same
COPD	7%	6–8.2%	7%	about the same
Heart disease	6.2%	5.5–6.9%	6.5%	about the same
Stroke	3.2%	2.9–3.6%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.4%	12.8–18.3%	14%	about the same
Binge drink	16.9%	14–20.2%	15.4%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.6%	21.4–30.3%	25.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.2%	27.7–39.4%	32.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	68.9%	64.4–73%	69.7%	about the same
Dentist visit	62.7%	59.1–66.2%	62.7%	about the same
Cholesterol check	80.9%	78.3–83.3%	82.2%	about the same
Colon screening	56.5%	51.2–61.9%	59.4%	about the same
Mammogram	64%	55.2–72.2%	67.8%	about the same
Taking BP meds	71.4%	67.7–74.7%	73%	about the same
No health insurance	12.8%	10.5–15.4%	11.6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	16.6%	14.5–18.8%	15.8%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.6%	15.9–21.5%	18.3%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.5%	11.7–15.3%	13.3%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	30.4%	26.3–34.8%	30.7%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.8%	10.9–14.8%	13.3%
Thinking or memory	15.2%	13.2–17.4%	14.2%
Hearing	7.7%	6.7–8.6%	8%
Vision	4.7%	4.2–5.3%	4.6%
Dressing or bathing	3.6%	3.1–4.1%	3.5%
Errands alone	8.2%	7.1–9.3%	7.7%

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 Douglas door to door.

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

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

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