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Health in Brick Center · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Brick Center residents get care

CDC publishes only some of its health estimates for Brick Center, not the seven a Health Grade needs; here is what we do have.

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, CDC’s own estimate for Brick Center. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Brick Center

★ What stands out · Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Brick Center adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Colorado.

74%Yearly checkupCO 71%
70%Dentist visitCO 65%
92%Cholesterol checkCO 85%
61%Colon screeningCO 62%
70%MammogramCO 72%
72%Taking BP medsCO 70%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Brick Center 7.2% · Colorado 1 in 9 (11.1%)
Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Brick Center adults…

On every condition, Brick Center is about the same as Colorado. Tap one to see it as people.

28 of every 100 Brick Center adults have high blood pressure
Colorado: 27 in 100 · about the same · likely 24.8–31%
Better than COWorseAbout the sameColorado
Getting care

Care in and near Brick Center

No hospital or community health center in Brick Center itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERAdventhealth ParkerParker · 16.8 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyAdventhealth Parker★★★★★ · 16.8 miDirections →
+Low-cost careHealth Center at StrasburgStrasburg · 12.3 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
12.3 mi
Health Center at Strasburg
Strasburg · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
16.8 mi
Adventhealth Parker
Parker · ★★★★★
ER
19.2 mi
Metro Community Provider Network
3 sites · nearest in Aurora
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
20.8 mi
The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital
Aurora · ★★★★★
ER
22.3 mi
VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System
Aurora · ★★★★★
ERFor veterans
22.4 mi
Sky Ridge Medical Center
Lone Tree · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careBrick Center is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careBrick Center is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Brick Center itself

Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of Brick Center; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Colorado

Share of adults, with the Colorado figure marked.

Get no exercise 15.5%CO 17.7%
Sleep under 7 hours 30.7%CO 30.7%
Binge drink 17.6%CO 19%
Smoke cigarettes 9.6%CO 10.9%
0%10%20%30%40%
Brick Center, betterBrick Center, worseAbout the sameColorado
Where Brick Center gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Mind & connection

How Brick Center adults are doing

About the same as Colorado on each measure.

1 in 4Brick Center adults have been diagnosed with depression
23.3% · CO 22.7% · About the same as CO
1 in 7Brick Center adults are in frequent mental distress
15.1% · CO 16% · About the same as CO
The one neighbors can help with

A hello is a start.

Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.

Find a group →

If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It’s free, confidential and open 24/7.

Around town

Brick Center and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from

Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

22.5%

of Brick Center adults live with a disability (Colorado 27.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs9.3%
Thinking or memory11.4%
Hearing5.1%
Errands alone5.6%
Vision3.5%
Dressing or bathing2.9%
Colorado

Questions about health in Brick Center

Why doesn’t Brick Center have a Health Grade?

Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Brick Center.

What hospital is closest to Brick Center?

Adventhealth Parker in Parker, 16.8 miles in a straight line from Brick Center’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 5 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Brick Center.

Town Square →
Ask your neighbors

Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Colorado figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Ages: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau. This page isn’t medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.