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Health in Frenchboro

Where Frenchboro residents get care

CDC doesn’t publish health estimates for Frenchboro, so there’s no Health Grade; here is what we do have.

Getting care

Care in and near Frenchboro

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

HNearest ERMount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor · 16.3 miDirections →
+Low-cost careIslands Community Medical ServicesVinalhaven · 29.5 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
16.3 mi
Mount Desert Island Hospital
Bar Harbor · not rated
ERRural critical access
24.6 mi
Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Blue Hill · not rated
ERRural critical access
28.6 mi
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Ellsworth · ★★★★★
ER
29.5 mi
Islands Community Medical Services
5 sites · nearest in Vinalhaven
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
29.9 mi
Bucksport Regional Health Center
2 sites · nearest in Ellsworth
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
41.4 mi
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital
Rockport · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careFrenchboro is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careFrenchboro is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthFrenchboro 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 Frenchboro; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Around town

Health next door

The Maine towns that border Frenchboro have CDC estimates of their own. Maine: 32.7% obesity, 11.2% diabetes, 14.4% smoking; U.S. 32.9%, 12%, 11.8%.

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
Swans Island————
TremontB+28.8%11.2%13.2%ZIP codes
Brooklin————
Cranberry Isles————
Southwest HarborA−28.6%10.7%12.5%ZIP 04679

Swans Island, Brooklin and Cranberry Isles: fewer than 1,000 residents. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Questions about health in Frenchboro

Why doesn’t Frenchboro have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Frenchboro?

Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, 16.3 miles in a straight line from Frenchboro’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 Frenchboro.

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Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health. The Maine 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.