County health data

Marshall County, SD

CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 12.7% of adults in Marshall County (South Dakota: 11.8%). This county has 3 HRSA shortage designations and 1 hospital.

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Health measures compared with the state

33 measures for adults in Marshall County (about 3,294 adults). 24 have a South Dakota figure from the same survey.

Largest differences from the South Dakota figure: depression 19.1% vs 23.1% (-4.0 points), coronary heart disease 7.8% vs 3.9% (+3.9 points), and arthritis 29.5% vs 26.2% (+3.3 points).

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes, Marshall County, SD and South Dakota
Measure	Marshall County	South Dakota	US	Year
Arthritis	29.5%	26.2%	26.3%	2023
High blood pressure	36.0%	35.2%	34.0%	2023
Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer	10.7%	n/a	n/a	2023
Current asthma	9.8%	9.7%	10.2%	2023
Coronary heart disease	7.8%	3.9%	4.0%	2023
COPD	7.3%	6.4%	6.3%	2023
Depression	19.1%	23.1%	21.8%	2023
Diagnosed diabetes	12.7%	11.8%	11.8%	2023
High cholesterol, adults ever screened	36.8%	35.5%	37.2%	2023
Obesity	35.9%	36.0%	34.4%	2023
Stroke	3.9%	3.4%	3.3%	2023
All teeth lost, ages 65 and older	10.0%	n/a	n/a	2022

Prevention

Prevention, Marshall County, SD and South Dakota
Measure	Marshall County	South Dakota	US	Year
No health insurance, ages 18 to 64	9.2%	10.2%	9.3%	2023
Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure	78.8%	n/a	n/a	2023
Routine checkup in the past year	77.4%	78.2%	78.4%	2023
Cholesterol screening	87.1%	n/a	n/a	2023
Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 75	65.3%	n/a	n/a	2022
Dental visit in the past year	71.0%	n/a	n/a	2022
Mammogram, women ages 50 to 74	79.3%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Risk Behaviors

Health Risk Behaviors, Marshall County, SD and South Dakota
Measure	Marshall County	South Dakota	US	Year
Binge drinking	17.4%	19.8%	15.1%	2023
Current smoking	15.2%	15.2%	12.1%	2023
No leisure-time physical activity	24.7%	25.7%	24.5%	2023
Short sleep	29.2%	n/a	n/a	2022

Health Status

Health Status, Marshall County, SD and South Dakota
Measure	Marshall County	South Dakota	US	Year
Fair or poor health	17.3%	18.0%	18.5%	2023
Frequent mental distress	14.1%	14.3%	15.4%	2023
Frequent physical distress	13.0%	10.2%	12.6%	2023

Disability

Disability, Marshall County, SD and South Dakota
Measure	Marshall County	South Dakota	US	Year
Cognitive disability	12.7%	14.3%	13.7%	2023
Any disability	30.6%	n/a	n/a	2023
Hearing disability	9.3%	8.2%	7.4%	2023
Independent living disability	7.4%	8.6%	7.8%	2023
Mobility disability	13.9%	13.1%	13.4%	2023
Self-care disability	3.6%	3.9%	3.7%	2023
Vision disability	4.6%	3.6%	5.0%	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 3 designated shortage rows in Marshall County: primary care 1 (highest score 13), mental health 1 (highest score 19), and dental 1 (highest score 15). All of them cover a geographic area or population group.

HRSA shortage designations by discipline
Discipline	Area or population	Highest score
primary care	1	13
mental health	1	19
dental	1	15

Area and population designations

Area and population shortage designations
Designation	Discipline	Type	Score
Northeastern Mental Health Center MHCA	mental health	Geographic HPSA	19
Marshall County	dental	Geographic HPSA	15
Marshall County	primary care	Geographic HPSA	13

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 Marshall 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
MARSHALL COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER - CAHCritical access	BRITTON	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

South Dakota rural health plan

South Dakota Rural Health Transformation Plan

Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 62):

Connecting Technology & Data
Advancing the Rural Workforce
Keeping Healthcare Local and Strong
Transforming Systems for Sustainability

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

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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.

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