County health data
Cherry County, NE
CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 13.1% of adults in Cherry County (Nebraska: 10.6%). This county has 6 HRSA shortage designations (3 area or population, 3 facility) and 1 hospital.
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For help with food, housing, utilities, or rides in Cherry County, call 211 or visit 211.org.
Health measures compared with the state
40 measures for adults in Cherry County (about 4,162 adults). 24 have a Nebraska figure from the same survey.
Largest differences from the Nebraska figure: arthritis 29.1% vs 23.9% (+5.2 points), high blood pressure 37.5% vs 32.7% (+4.8 points), and coronary heart disease 8.2% vs 3.5% (+4.7 points).
Health Outcomes
| Measure | Cherry County | Nebraska | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthritis | 29.1% | 23.9% | 26.3% | 2023 |
| High blood pressure | 37.5% | 32.7% | 34.0% | 2023 |
| Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer | 10.2% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Current asthma | 9.5% | 8.5% | 10.2% | 2023 |
| Coronary heart disease | 8.2% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 2023 |
| COPD | 8.1% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 2023 |
| Depression | 17.1% | 17.9% | 21.8% | 2023 |
| Diagnosed diabetes | 13.1% | 10.6% | 11.8% | 2023 |
| High cholesterol, adults ever screened | 35.8% | 34.0% | 37.2% | 2023 |
| Obesity | 40.8% | 36.6% | 34.4% | 2023 |
| Stroke | 4.1% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 2023 |
| All teeth lost, ages 65 and older | 11.9% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Prevention
| Measure | Cherry County | Nebraska | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, ages 18 to 64 | 8.6% | 11.1% | 9.3% | 2023 |
| Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure | 80.8% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Routine checkup in the past year | 76.1% | 76.7% | 78.4% | 2023 |
| Cholesterol screening | 84.7% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 75 | 59.6% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
| Dental visit in the past year | 57.8% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
| Mammogram, women ages 50 to 74 | 73.0% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Health Risk Behaviors
| Measure | Cherry County | Nebraska | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking | 18.2% | 19.0% | 15.1% | 2023 |
| Current smoking | 15.4% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 2023 |
| No leisure-time physical activity | 28.4% | 23.8% | 24.5% | 2023 |
| Short sleep | 33.0% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Health Status
| Measure | Cherry County | Nebraska | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health | 18.1% | 15.6% | 18.5% | 2023 |
| Frequent mental distress | 14.0% | 13.4% | 15.4% | 2023 |
| Frequent physical distress | 13.6% | 10.7% | 12.6% | 2023 |
Disability
| Measure | Cherry County | Nebraska | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability | 12.4% | 11.5% | 13.7% | 2023 |
| Any disability | 31.7% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Hearing disability | 9.9% | 7.2% | 7.4% | 2023 |
| Independent living disability | 8.0% | 6.3% | 7.8% | 2023 |
| Mobility disability | 15.1% | 11.5% | 13.4% | 2023 |
| Self-care disability | 3.9% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 2023 |
| Vision disability | 5.1% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 2023 |
Health-Related Social Needs
| Measure | Cherry County | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support | 20.7% | 2023 |
| Food insecurity in the past year | 12.4% | 2023 |
| Received food stamps in the past year | 9.5% | 2023 |
| Housing insecurity in the past year | 9.0% | 2023 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past year | 6.9% | 2023 |
| Loneliness | 28.3% | 2023 |
| Utility shut-off threat in the past year | 6.8% | 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 6 designated shortage rows in Cherry County: primary care 2 (highest score 18), mental health 2 (highest score 18), and dental 2 (highest score 20). 3 cover a geographic area or population group; the other 3 are facility designations.
| Discipline | Area or population | Facility | Highest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| primary care | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| mental health | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| dental | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Area and population designations
| Designation | Discipline | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catchment Area 4 | mental health | Geographic HPSA | 17 |
| LI - Cherry County | primary care | HPSA Population | 13 |
| LI - Cherry County | dental | HPSA Population | 8 |
Facility designations (3)
| Designation | Discipline | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERRY COUNTY CLINIC | dental | Rural Health Clinic | 20 |
| CHERRY COUNTY CLINIC | primary care | Rural Health Clinic | 18 |
| CHERRY COUNTY CLINIC | mental health | Rural Health Clinic | 18 |
In the Type column, a Geographic HPSA covers everyone in the area; 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 Cherry 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.
| Hospital | City | Stars | Heart failure | Pneumonia | COPD | Heart attack | Hip or knee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHERRY COUNTY HOSPITALCritical access | VALENTINE | n/a | n/a | 17.9% | 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
Nebraska rural health plan
RHTP – Make Nebraska Healthy Again - Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will build a prevention-first, tech-enabled sustainable rural health care system.
Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 41):
- Make Rural Nebraska Healthy Again through Food as Medicine
- Regionalized Rural Access and Navigation
- Rural Workforce Acceleration
- eHealth and Mobile
- Rural Emergency Behavioral Health
- Assisted Living Facility (ALF) Special Needs Population Incentive Model
- Nebraska Rural Health Technology Catalyst Fund and Partnership 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
- Bennett County, SDdiabetes 18.7%
- Blaine Countydiabetes 13.3%
- Brown Countydiabetes 13.2%
- Grant Countydiabetes 12.1%
- Hooker Countydiabetes 13.3%
- Keya Paha Countydiabetes 14.2%
- Oglala Lakota County, SDdiabetes 21.1%
- Sheridan Countydiabetes 13.9%
- Thomas Countydiabetes 11.3%
- Todd County, SDdiabetes 20.7%
- Tripp County, SDdiabetes 15.3%
Medicare plans in Cherry County, NE
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.
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page