County health data

Calhoun County, MS

CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 18.2% of adults in Calhoun County (Mississippi: 17.0%). This county has 3 HRSA shortage designations, 1 hospital, and 2 health center sites.

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Health measures compared with the state

40 measures for adults in Calhoun County (about 9,911 adults). 24 have a Mississippi figure from the same survey.

Largest differences from the Mississippi figure: fair or poor health 29.4% vs 24.4% (+5.0 points), coronary heart disease 9.5% vs 5.0% (+4.5 points), and current smoking 20.1% vs 15.6% (+4.5 points).

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Mississippi	US	Year
Arthritis	34.4%	31.2%	26.3%	2023
High blood pressure	49.0%	46.0%	34.0%	2023
Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer	8.7%	n/a	n/a	2023
Current asthma	10.2%	7.1%	10.2%	2023
Coronary heart disease	9.5%	5.0%	4.0%	2023
COPD	11.4%	7.6%	6.3%	2023
Depression	20.0%	18.1%	21.8%	2023
Diagnosed diabetes	18.2%	17.0%	11.8%	2023
High cholesterol, adults ever screened	40.8%	39.8%	37.2%	2023
Obesity	41.1%	40.1%	34.4%	2023
Stroke	5.6%	5.3%	3.3%	2023
All teeth lost, ages 65 and older	21.8%	n/a	n/a	2022

Prevention

Prevention, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Mississippi	US	Year
No health insurance, ages 18 to 64	14.0%	13.6%	9.3%	2023
Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure	81.3%	n/a	n/a	2023
Routine checkup in the past year	81.3%	82.3%	78.4%	2023
Cholesterol screening	85.6%	n/a	n/a	2023
Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 75	59.7%	n/a	n/a	2022
Dental visit in the past year	7.0%	n/a	n/a	2022
Mammogram, women ages 50 to 74	69.9%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Risk Behaviors

Health Risk Behaviors, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Mississippi	US	Year
Binge drinking	12.1%	13.1%	15.1%	2023
Current smoking	20.1%	15.6%	12.1%	2023
No leisure-time physical activity	37.6%	33.4%	24.5%	2023
Short sleep	39.2%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Status

Health Status, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Mississippi	US	Year
Fair or poor health	29.4%	24.4%	18.5%	2023
Frequent mental distress	18.0%	15.4%	15.4%	2023
Frequent physical distress	17.6%	14.3%	12.6%	2023

Disability

Disability, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Mississippi	US	Year
Cognitive disability	19.8%	17.0%	13.7%	2023
Any disability	43.2%	n/a	n/a	2023
Hearing disability	10.2%	9.3%	7.4%	2023
Independent living disability	12.5%	9.8%	7.8%	2023
Mobility disability	23.3%	20.2%	13.4%	2023
Self-care disability	6.7%	5.2%	3.7%	2023
Vision disability	8.7%	7.6%	5.0%	2023

Health-Related Social Needs

Health-Related Social Needs, Calhoun County, MS and Mississippi
Measure	Calhoun County	Year
Lack of social and emotional support	28.3%	2023
Food insecurity in the past year	25.2%	2023
Received food stamps in the past year	16.3%	2023
Housing insecurity in the past year	17.9%	2023
Lack of reliable transportation in the past year	13.1%	2023
Loneliness	36.1%	2023
Utility shut-off threat in the past year	12.1%	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

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Health professional shortage areas

HRSA, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, designates Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs): places, population groups, or facilities with too few primary care, mental health, or dental providers. An area designation covers a geographic area or a population group, such as low-income residents. A facility designation covers one site, such as a health center or clinic. Each has a score from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need.

HRSA lists 3 designated shortage rows in Calhoun County: primary care 1 (highest score 20), mental health 1 (highest score 14), and dental 1 (highest score 16). All of them cover a geographic area or population group.

HRSA shortage designations by discipline
Discipline	Area or population	Highest score
primary care	1	20
mental health	1	14
dental	1	16

Area and population designations

Area and population shortage designations
Designation	Discipline	Type	Score
LI-Calhoun County	primary care	HPSA Population	20
Calhoun County	dental	High Needs Geographic HPSA	16
Mental Health Catchment Area #2	mental health	Geographic HPSA	14

In the Type column, a Geographic HPSA covers everyone in the area; a High Needs Geographic HPSA is a geographic designation that also meets HRSA's added tests for high need; and an HPSA Population designation covers one group of people in the area. In HRSA's designation names, LI means low-income residents.

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 Calhoun County, 1 of them critical access. The CMS file in this snapshot does not compare these rates with the national rate, so none is marked better or worse.

Hospitals with 30-day readmission rates
Hospital	City	Stars	Heart failure	Pneumonia	COPD	Heart attack	Hip or knee
BMH-CALHOUNCritical access	CALHOUN CITY	n/a	n/a	16.4%	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 Calhoun County, run by 1 organization.

Health center sites
Site ↑	Health center	Address	City
Family Health Care Clinic, Calhoun City--Head Start	Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.	125 Carter St	Calhoun City 38916
Family Health Care Clinic, Inc., Calhoun City	Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.	105 Legion Ave	Calhoun City 38916

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

Mississippi rural health plan

The MS RHTP strengthens rural healthcare by expanding access, improving care coordination, modernizing infrastructure, growing the workforce, and using telehealth to improve health outcomes.

Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 37):

Statewide Rural Health Assessment
Coordinated Regional Integrated Systems (CRIS)
Workforce Expansion Initiative (WEI)
Health Technology Advancement and Modernization (HTAM)
Telehealth Adoption and Provider Support (TAPS)
Building Rural Infrastructure for Delivery, Growth and Efficiency (BRIDGE) Initiative

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

Neighboring counties

Medicare plans in Calhoun County, MS

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 accesshospitals 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.