✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Lawrence Township itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Lawrence Township itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 exercise29.6%KS 25.6%
Sleep under 7 hours34.2%KS 34.3%
Binge drink15.2%KS 16.3%
Smoke cigarettes15.8%KS 14%
0%10%20%30%40%
Lawrence Township, betterLawrence Township, worseAbout the sameKansas
Where Lawrence Township gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Lawrence 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 11
working-age adults has no health insurance
Lawrence Township 8.7% · Kansas 1 in 10 (9.9%)
Mind & connection
How Lawrence Township adults are doing
About the same as Kansas on each measure.
3 in 10Lawrence Township adults feel lonely
30.2% · KS 30.9% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Lawrence Township adults lack social or emotional support
20.9% · KS 21.1% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Lawrence Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
22% · KS 20.8% · About the same as KS
1 in 6Lawrence Township adults are in frequent mental distress
17% · KS 16% · About the same as KS
The one neighbors can help with
3 in 10 Lawrence Township adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
Grant Township, Nelson Township, Lincoln Township, Shirley Township, Sibley Township and Elk Township: 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.
35.4%
of Lawrence Township adults live with a disability (Kansas 30.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs16.6%
Thinking or memory15.6%
Hearing9.7%
Errands alone9%
Vision5.1%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
Kansas
Questions about health in Lawrence Township
Why doesn’t Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township.
What hospital is closest to Lawrence Township?
Cloud County Health Center in Concordia, 7.7 miles in a straight line from Lawrence Township’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 Lawrence 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.
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