County health data

Hardeman County, TX

CDC PLACES estimates diabetes at 15.2% of adults in Hardeman County (Texas: 12.7%). This county has 2 HRSA shortage designations and 1 hospital.

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

Health measures compared with the state

33 measures for adults in Hardeman County (about 2,702 adults). 24 have a Texas figure from the same survey.

Largest differences from the Texas figure: arthritis 29.9% vs 21.0% (+8.9 points), high blood pressure 40.5% vs 32.3% (+8.2 points), and mobility disability 19.0% vs 13.2% (+5.8 points).

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes, Hardeman County, TX and Texas
MeasureHardeman CountyTexasUSYear
Arthritis29.9%21.0%26.3%2023
High blood pressure40.5%32.3%34.0%2023
Cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer9.2%n/an/a2023
Current asthma10.3%8.5%10.2%2023
Coronary heart disease8.6%3.3%4.0%2023
COPD9.1%5.1%6.3%2023
Depression23.1%19.7%21.8%2023
Diagnosed diabetes15.2%12.7%11.8%2023
High cholesterol, adults ever screened39.9%36.3%37.2%2023
Obesity37.6%34.4%34.4%2023
Stroke4.5%3.3%3.3%2023
All teeth lost, ages 65 and older13.4%n/an/a2022

Prevention

Prevention, Hardeman County, TX and Texas
MeasureHardeman CountyTexasUSYear
No health insurance, ages 18 to 6417.5%22.0%9.3%2023
Taking blood pressure medicine, adults with high blood pressure79.4%n/an/a2023
Routine checkup in the past year76.0%73.2%78.4%2023
Cholesterol screening85.8%n/an/a2023
Colorectal cancer screening, ages 45 to 7559.6%n/an/a2022
Dental visit in the past year53.7%n/an/a2022
Mammogram, women ages 50 to 7472.1%n/an/a2022

Health Risk Behaviors

Health Risk Behaviors, Hardeman County, TX and Texas
MeasureHardeman CountyTexasUSYear
Binge drinking15.5%17.0%15.1%2023
Current smoking15.8%11.3%12.1%2023
No leisure-time physical activity31.2%27.8%24.5%2023
Short sleep36.7%n/an/a2022

Health Status

Health Status, Hardeman County, TX and Texas
MeasureHardeman CountyTexasUSYear
Fair or poor health25.2%21.9%18.5%2023
Frequent mental distress17.7%16.1%15.4%2023
Frequent physical distress16.1%12.2%12.6%2023

Disability

Disability, Hardeman County, TX and Texas
MeasureHardeman CountyTexasUSYear
Cognitive disability16.4%15.2%13.7%2023
Any disability37.3%n/an/a2023
Hearing disability9.4%6.2%7.4%2023
Independent living disability10.1%7.5%7.8%2023
Mobility disability19.0%13.2%13.4%2023
Self-care disability5.0%3.6%3.7%2023
Vision disability6.7%6.8%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

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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 2 designated shortage rows in Hardeman County: mental health 1 (highest score 11) and dental 1 (highest score 7). All of them cover a geographic area or population group.

HRSA shortage designations by discipline
DisciplineArea or populationFacilityHighest score
mental health1011
dental107

Area and population designations

Area and population shortage designations
DesignationDisciplineTypeScore
Hardeman Countymental healthHigh Needs Geographic HPSA11
LI-Hardeman CountydentalHPSA Population7

In the Type column, 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 Hardeman 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
HospitalCityStarsHeart failurePneumoniaCOPDHeart attackHip or knee
HARDEMAN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITALCritical accessQUANAHn/an/an/an/an/an/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

Texas rural health plan

Rural Texas Strong: Supporting Health and Wellness

Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 64):

  • Make Rural Texans Healthy Again
  • Rural Texas Patients in the Driver’s Seat
  • Lone Star Advanced AI and Telehealth
  • The Next Generation of The Small Town Doctor and Team
  • Unified Care Infrastructure and Rural Cyber Protection
  • Infrastructure and Capital Investments for Rural Texas

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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Medicare plans in Hardeman County, TX

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

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