County health data
Comanche County, OK
CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 12.8% of adults in Comanche County (Oklahoma: 12.4%). This county has 12 HRSA shortage designations (3 area or population, 9 facility), 3 hospitals, and 19 health center sites.
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Health measures compared with the state
40 measures for adults in Comanche County (about 92,715 adults). 24 have an Oklahoma figure from the same survey.
Largest differences from the Oklahoma figure: obesity 43.0% vs 38.7% (+4.3 points), high cholesterol, adults ever screened 35.7% vs 39.2% (-3.5 points), and arthritis 26.9% vs 29.1% (-2.2 points).
Health Outcomes
| Measure | Comanche County | Oklahoma | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthritis | 26.9% | 29.1% | 26.3% | 2023 |
| High blood pressure | 37.5% | 38.4% | 34.0% | 2023 |
| Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer | 6.7% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Current asthma | 11.3% | 11.3% | 10.2% | 2023 |
| Coronary heart disease | 6.6% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 2023 |
| COPD | 7.5% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 2023 |
| Depression | 25.1% | 25.0% | 21.8% | 2023 |
| Diagnosed diabetes | 12.8% | 12.4% | 11.8% | 2023 |
| High cholesterol, adults ever screened | 35.7% | 39.2% | 37.2% | 2023 |
| Obesity | 43.0% | 38.7% | 34.4% | 2023 |
| Stroke | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 2023 |
| All teeth lost, ages 65 and older | 21.2% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Prevention
| Measure | Comanche County | Oklahoma | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, ages 18 to 64 | 12.1% | 12.4% | 9.3% | 2023 |
| Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure | 73.9% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Routine checkup in the past year | 78.0% | 77.1% | 78.4% | 2023 |
| Cholesterol screening | 82.8% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 75 | 59.4% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
| Dental visit in the past year | 54.4% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
| Mammogram, women ages 50 to 74 | 72.6% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Health Risk Behaviors
| Measure | Comanche County | Oklahoma | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking | 14.3% | 13.7% | 15.1% | 2023 |
| Current smoking | 17.6% | 15.8% | 12.1% | 2023 |
| No leisure-time physical activity | 33.1% | 31.0% | 24.5% | 2023 |
| Short sleep | 43.3% | n/a | n/a | 2022 |
Health Status
| Measure | Comanche County | Oklahoma | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health | 21.9% | 20.5% | 18.5% | 2023 |
| Frequent mental distress | 18.9% | 17.1% | 15.4% | 2023 |
| Frequent physical distress | 14.3% | 13.5% | 12.6% | 2023 |
Disability
| Measure | Comanche County | Oklahoma | US | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability | 18.4% | 17.8% | 13.7% | 2023 |
| Any disability | 39.5% | n/a | n/a | 2023 |
| Hearing disability | 8.3% | 10.0% | 7.4% | 2023 |
| Independent living disability | 9.7% | 9.8% | 7.8% | 2023 |
| Mobility disability | 16.8% | 17.7% | 13.4% | 2023 |
| Self-care disability | 4.3% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 2023 |
| Vision disability | 6.3% | 7.2% | 5.0% | 2023 |
Health-Related Social Needs
| Measure | Comanche County | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support | 26.3% | 2023 |
| Food insecurity in the past year | 21.2% | 2023 |
| Received food stamps in the past year | 17.4% | 2023 |
| Housing insecurity in the past year | 16.1% | 2023 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past year | 10.7% | 2023 |
| Loneliness | 33.2% | 2023 |
| Utility shut-off threat in the past year | 11.8% | 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 12 designated shortage rows in Comanche County: primary care 4 (highest score 21), mental health 4 (highest score 24), and dental 4 (highest score 25). 3 cover a geographic area or population group; the other 9 are facility designations.
| Discipline | Area or population | Facility | Highest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| primary care | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| mental health | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| dental | 1 | 3 | 25 |
Area and population designations
| Designation | Discipline | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| MHCA 8 SW Oklahoma Jim Taliaferro | mental health | HPSA Population | 20 |
| LI - Comanche County | primary care | HPSA Population | 17 |
| LI - Comanche County | dental | HPSA Population | 17 |
Facility designations (9)
| Designation | Discipline | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | dental | Federally Qualified Health Center | 25 |
| COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | mental health | Federally Qualified Health Center | 24 |
| COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | primary care | Federally Qualified Health Center | 21 |
| Lawton Indian Hospital | dental | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 20 |
| Lawton Indian Hospital | mental health | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 19 |
| Red Berry Health Center - Wonder Kids Clinic | dental | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 19 |
| Lawton Indian Hospital | primary care | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 18 |
| Red Berry Health Center - Wonder Kids Clinic | primary care | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 18 |
| Red Berry Health Center - Wonder Kids Clinic | mental health | Indian Health Service, Tribal Health, and Urban Indian Health Organizations | 18 |
In the Type column, an HPSA Population designation covers one group of people in the area. In HRSA's designation names, LI means low-income residents, and MHCA means mental health catchment area.
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
Hospitals and readmission rates
CMS Care Compare lists 3 acute care or critical access hospitals in Comanche County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWTON INDIAN HOSPITAL | LAWTON | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MEMORIAL HEALTH | LAWTON | 2 | 22.4% | 18.4% | 20.1% | 15.4% | 5.6% |
| SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | LAWTON | 2 | 22.2% | 16.1% | 20.2% | 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
19 active health center sites in Comanche County, run by 1 organization.
| Site ↑ | Health center | Address | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMANCHE CNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3401 W Gore Blvd | Lawton 73505 |
| Elgin Community Health Center | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 7936 US Highway 277 | Elgin 73538 |
| Lawton Community Health Center | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 5404 SW Lee Blvd | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Cache | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 512 W C Ave | Cache 73527 |
| LCHC Call Center | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 602 SE Wallock St | Lawton 73501 |
| LCHC Center for Health | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3811 W Gore Blvd, Suite 6 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Center for Health Suite 10 | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3811 W Gore Blvd, Suite 10 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Dental | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3811 W Gore Blvd, Suite 1 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Eastside | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 1102 SE 36th St | Lawton 73501 |
| LCHC Family Care Clinic | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3201 W Gore Blvd, Suite 203 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Family Continuity Clinic | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 2609 SW Lee Blvd | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Great Plains Pediatrics | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3201 W Gore Blvd, Suite 100 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Health Plex | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 7102 NW Cache Rd | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Lawton Pediatrics | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 2701 SW Cornell Ave | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Medicine Park | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 19055 State Highway 49 | Lawton 73507 |
| LCHC Memorial Medical Clinic | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 3201 W Gore Blvd, Suite 304 | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Midtown | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 1202 NW Arlington Ave | Lawton 73507 |
| LCHC Primary Health Care Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 110 NW 31st St | Lawton 73505 |
| LCHC Southcare Clinic | COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (TRUS | 512 SW Lee Blvd | Lawton 73501 |
Source: HRSA health center service delivery and look-alike sites, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
Oklahoma rural health plan
Oklahoma Rural Health Transformation Program – Strengthening Access, Innovation, and Workforce in Rural Communities
Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 56):
- Innovating the care model
- Moving upstream
- Facilitating regional collaboration
- Shifting to value
- Growing the next generation of rural talent
- Building health data utility
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 Comanche County, OK
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