✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Mount Pleasant Township itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Mount Pleasant Township itself
✓ Mental healthMount Pleasant Township is not a shortage area
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 Mount Pleasant 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 exercise28.1%KS 25.6%
Sleep under 7 hours35.3%KS 34.3%
Binge drink16.4%KS 16.3%
Smoke cigarettes15.9%KS 14%
0%10%20%30%40%
Mount Pleasant Township, betterMount Pleasant Township, worseAbout the sameKansas
Where Mount Pleasant Township gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Mount Pleasant 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
Mount Pleasant Township 8.7% · Kansas 1 in 10 (9.9%)
Mind & connection
How Mount Pleasant Township adults are doing
About the same as Kansas on each measure.
1 in 3Mount Pleasant Township adults feel lonely
32.2% · KS 30.9% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Mount Pleasant Township adults lack social or emotional support
21.4% · KS 21.1% · About the same as KS
1 in 5Mount Pleasant Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.6% · KS 20.8% · About the same as KS
1 in 6Mount Pleasant Township adults are in frequent mental distress
17.8% · KS 16% · About the same as KS
The one neighbors can help with
1 in 3 Mount Pleasant Township adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
Walnut Township and Center Township: fewer than 1,000 residents. Norton Township: not graded. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
33.8%
of Mount Pleasant Township adults live with a disability (Kansas 30.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs14.7%
Thinking or memory16%
Hearing8.2%
Errands alone8.7%
Vision4.8%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Kansas
Questions about health in Mount Pleasant Township
Why doesn’t Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant Township.
What hospital is closest to Mount Pleasant Township?
Amberwell Atchison Association in Atchison, 4.8 miles in a straight line from Mount Pleasant Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. It has no Medicare star rating.
Where can I get low-cost care near Mount Pleasant Township?
2 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Achc Commercial Street in Atchison, 6.6 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Mount Pleasant 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.