✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Beaver Township itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Beaver Township itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Beaver Township 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 Beaver Township; ≈ 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 Kansas
Share of adults, with the Kansas figure marked.
Get no exercise27.7%KS 25.6%
Sleep under 7 hours33.6%KS 34.3%
Binge drink15.3%KS 16.3%
Smoke cigarettes16.2%KS 14%
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Beaver Township, betterBeaver Township, worseAbout the sameKansas
Where Beaver Township gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Beaver Township adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Kansas.
Yearly checkupKS 77%
Dentist visitKS 65%
Cholesterol checkKS 84%
Colon screeningKS 64%
MammogramKS 75%
Taking BP medsKS 78%
1 in 12
working-age adults has no health insurance
Beaver Township 8.3% · Kansas 1 in 10 (9.9%)
Mind & connection
How Beaver Township adults are doing
About the same as Kansas on each measure.
3 in 10Beaver Township adults feel lonely
28.9% · KS 30.9% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Beaver Township adults lack social or emotional support
20% · KS 21.1% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Beaver Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.1% · KS 20.8% · About the same as KS
1 in 6Beaver Township adults are in frequent mental distress
16.3% · KS 16% · About the same as KS
The one neighbors can help with
3 in 10 Beaver Township adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
Cheyenne Township, Union Township, Center Township, Cleveland Township and Beaver: fewer than 1,000 residents. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
34.3%
of Beaver Township adults live with a disability (Kansas 30.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs15.8%
Thinking or memory15%
Hearing9.1%
Errands alone8.5%
Vision4.9%
Dressing or bathing4%
Kansas
Questions about health in Beaver Township
Why doesn’t Beaver Township have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Beaver Township.
What hospital is closest to Beaver Township?
Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, 11.8 miles in a straight line from Beaver Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 2 of 5 stars.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Beaver Township.
Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Kansas 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.
Beaver Creek Native Stone Bridge · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0