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Health in Crook · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Crook residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Crook

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Crook adults…

Crook runs above CO on 7 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

8 of every 100 Crook adults have COPD
Colorado: 5 in 100 · worse · likely 5.9–9.2%
Better than COWorseAbout the sameColorado
Getting care

Care in and near Crook

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

HNearest ERHaxtun Hospital DistrictHaxtun · 17.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careSalud Family HealthSterling · 27.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
17.5 mi
Haxtun Hospital District
Haxtun · not rated
ERRural critical access
21.8 mi
Sidney Regional Medical Center
Sidney · not rated
ERRural critical access
27.7 mi
Sterling Regional Medcenter
Sterling · ★★★★★
ER
27.9 mi
Salud Family Health
2 sites · nearest in Sterling
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
29.3 mi
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital
Julesburg · not rated
ERRural critical access
81.3 mi
Capwn Health Center
Gering · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Crook itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Crook itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Crook 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 Crook; ≈ 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 18.6%CO 17.7%
Sleep under 7 hours 31.8%CO 30.7%
Binge drink 16.9%CO 19%
Smoke cigarettes 13.4%CO 10.9%
0%10%20%30%40%
Crook, betterCrook, worseAbout the sameColorado
Where Crook gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

73%Yearly checkupCO 71%
63%Dentist visitCO 65%
86%Cholesterol checkCO 85%
66%Colon screeningCO 62%
68%MammogramCO 72%
73%Taking BP medsCO 70%
1 in 11
working-age adults has no health insurance
Crook 9.3% · Colorado 1 in 9 (11.1%)
Mind & connection

How Crook adults are doing

About the same as Colorado on each measure.

1 in 4Crook adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.5% · CO 22.7% · About the same as CO
1 in 6Crook adults are in frequent mental distress
16.8% · 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

Crook 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.

29.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.7%
Thinking or memory14.7%
Hearing7.8%
Errands alone7.6%
Vision4.4%
Dressing or bathing3.5%
Colorado

Questions about health in Crook

Why doesn’t Crook have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Crook?

Haxtun Hospital District in Haxtun, 17.5 miles in a straight line from Crook’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. It has no Medicare star rating.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Crook.

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.