County health data

Cedar County, MO

CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 15.6% of adults in Cedar County (Missouri: 12.3%). This county has 15 HRSA shortage designations, 1 hospital, and 2 health center sites.

License. US government work, Public Domain Mark 1.0.

For help with food, housing, utilities, or rides in Cedar County, call 211 or visit 211.org.

Health measures compared with the state

40 measures for adults in Cedar County (about 11,098 adults). 24 have a Missouri figure from the same survey.

Largest differences from the Missouri figure: no leisure-time physical activity 35.3% vs 28.1% (+7.2 points), fair or poor health 26.6% vs 19.9% (+6.7 points), and high blood pressure 42.6% vs 36.2% (+6.4 points).

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Missouri	US	Year
Arthritis	35.2%	29.1%	26.3%	2023
High blood pressure	42.6%	36.2%	34.0%	2023
Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer	10.6%	n/a	n/a	2023
Current asthma	10.9%	9.9%	10.2%	2023
Coronary heart disease	9.9%	4.6%	4.0%	2023
COPD	12.2%	8.5%	6.3%	2023
Depression	25.2%	23.1%	21.8%	2023
Diagnosed diabetes	15.6%	12.3%	11.8%	2023
High cholesterol, adults ever screened	41.9%	38.5%	37.2%	2023
Obesity	39.8%	35.3%	34.4%	2023
Stroke	5.0%	4.5%	3.3%	2023
All teeth lost, ages 65 and older	19.0%	n/a	n/a	2022

Prevention

Prevention, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Missouri	US	Year
No health insurance, ages 18 to 64	10.2%	8.6%	9.3%	2023
Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure	80.7%	n/a	n/a	2023
Routine checkup in the past year	79.3%	79.1%	78.4%	2023
Cholesterol screening	83.7%	n/a	n/a	2023
Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 75	61.8%	n/a	n/a	2022
Dental visit in the past year	51.0%	n/a	n/a	2022
Mammogram, women ages 50 to 74	68.3%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Risk Behaviors

Health Risk Behaviors, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Missouri	US	Year
Binge drinking	14.0%	16.3%	15.1%	2023
Current smoking	20.3%	15.3%	12.1%	2023
No leisure-time physical activity	35.3%	28.1%	24.5%	2023
Short sleep	38.5%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Status

Health Status, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Missouri	US	Year
Fair or poor health	26.6%	19.9%	18.5%	2023
Frequent mental distress	18.3%	16.7%	15.4%	2023
Frequent physical distress	18.0%	14.0%	12.6%	2023

Disability

Disability, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Missouri	US	Year
Cognitive disability	19.8%	16.8%	13.7%	2023
Any disability	43.1%	n/a	n/a	2023
Hearing disability	11.8%	9.7%	7.4%	2023
Independent living disability	11.9%	9.5%	7.8%	2023
Mobility disability	21.8%	16.6%	13.4%	2023
Self-care disability	5.5%	4.7%	3.7%	2023
Vision disability	7.0%	5.9%	5.0%	2023

Health-Related Social Needs

Health-Related Social Needs, Cedar County, MO and Missouri
Measure	Cedar County	Year
Lack of social and emotional support	19.5%	2023
Food insecurity in the past year	16.5%	2023
Received food stamps in the past year	14.6%	2023
Housing insecurity in the past year	12.5%	2023
Lack of reliable transportation in the past year	9.5%	2023
Loneliness	31.5%	2023
Utility shut-off threat in the past year	9.7%	2023

Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page

Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page

Health professional shortage areas

HRSA lists 15 designated shortage rows in Cedar County: primary care 5 (highest score 16), mental health 5 (highest score 18), and dental 5 (highest score 17). 3 cover a geographic area or population group; the other 12 are facility designations.

HRSA shortage designations by discipline
Discipline	Area or population	Facility	Highest score
primary care	1	4	16
mental health	1	4	18
dental	1	4	17

Area and population designations

Area and population shortage designations
Designation	Discipline	Type	Score
LI-MHCA 8 (Nevada Catchment Area)	mental health	HPSA Population	18
LI - Vernon/Cedar Counties	dental	HPSA Population	17
LI-Cedar County	primary care	HPSA Population	16

Facility designations (12)

Facility shortage designations
Designation	Discipline	Type	Score
CCMH MEDICAL MALL CLINIC	mental health	Rural Health Clinic	18
CMH EL DORADO SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	mental health	Rural Health Clinic	18
MERCY CLINIC - EL DORADO SPRINGS	mental health	Rural Health Clinic	18
STOCKTON FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER	mental health	Rural Health Clinic	18
CCMH MEDICAL MALL CLINIC	dental	Rural Health Clinic	17
CMH EL DORADO SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	dental	Rural Health Clinic	17
MERCY CLINIC - EL DORADO SPRINGS	dental	Rural Health Clinic	17
STOCKTON FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER	dental	Rural Health Clinic	17
CCMH MEDICAL MALL CLINIC	primary care	Rural Health Clinic	16
CMH EL DORADO SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	primary care	Rural Health Clinic	16
MERCY CLINIC - EL DORADO SPRINGS	primary care	Rural Health Clinic	16
STOCKTON FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER	primary care	Rural Health Clinic	16

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page

Hospitals and readmission rates

CMS Care Compare lists 1 acute care or critical access hospital in Cedar County, 1 of them critical access. None has a readmission rate CMS rates worse than the national rate.

Hospitals with 30-day readmission rates
Hospital	City	Stars	Heart failure	Pneumonia	COPD	Heart attack	Hip or knee
CEDAR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITALCritical access	EL DORADO SPRINGS	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Each rate is the share of patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge, July 2023 to June 2025. "n/a" means CMS did not publish a rate for that hospital.

Source: CMS Care Compare hospital general information, as of August 13, 2026. Publisher page

Source: CMS Care Compare unplanned hospital visits, as of September 30, 2026. Publisher page

Health centers

2 active health center sites in Cedar County, run by 2 organizations.

Health center sites
Site ↑	Health center	Address	City
Compass Health Cedar County Clinic	COMPASS HEALTH, INC	107 W Broadway St	El Dorado Springs 64744
OCHC - Stockton Dental Clinic	OZARKS RESOURCE GROUP	201 W Smith Dr	Stockton 65785

Source: HRSA health center service delivery and look-alike sites, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page

Missouri rural health plan

Missouri Transformation of Rural Community Health Care (ToRCH Care) Project

Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 39):

Regional Coordinating Networks and Hub Activation
Alternative Payment Models
Digital backbone
Rural Health Workforce Programs
Provider Transformation

CMS says the abstract budgets are illustrative and are not award amounts, so none are shown.

Source: CMS Rural Health Transformation Program state project abstracts, as of December 2025. Publisher page

For health centers, health departments, and nonprofits

Our community need, ready for a grant

Rivvi opens with Cedar County, MO filled in and writes one cited paragraph and a table: shortage scores, disease rates, and nearby hospitals for this county. Add the other counties you serve.

Write the need statement

Free to start. Opens Rivvi, the AI workspace for healthcare teams.

Neighboring counties

Medicare plans in Cedar County, MO

About this data

County rates are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adults, built from the CDC BRFSS survey and Census population data. State and US figures are BRFSS survey results for the same year. They are not averages of counties, and small differences may not be meaningful.

Shortage rows are HRSA designations with status Designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need. Hospitals are acute care and critical access hospitals CMS lists in the county, with 30-day rates of unplanned readmission. Health centers are active HRSA-funded and look-alike sites.

Rural health plan initiatives are copied as the state wrote them. Nothing here is medical advice.