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Health in Deer Creek Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Deer Creek Township residents get care

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

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 16130, 16314, 16145. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Deer Creek Township

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Deer Creek Township adults…

Deer Creek Township runs above PA on 5 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

10 of every 100 Deer Creek Township adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · worse · likely 8.6–10.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Why age matters here

Deer Creek Township is an older town: 26% of residents are 65 or older, vs 20% across Pennsylvania. Heart disease, COPD and arthritis rise with age, so higher rates here say as much about who lives in Deer Creek Township as about how healthy they are.

Residents 65 and older

Deer Creek Township26%
Pennsylvania20%
Getting care

Care in and near Deer Creek Township

No hospital or community health center in Deer Creek Township itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERMeadville Medical CenterMeadville · 12.3 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMeadville Medical Center★★★★★ · 12.3 miDirections →
+Low-cost carePrimary Health NetworkSheakleyville · 4.1 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
4.1 mi
Primary Health Network
8 sites · nearest in Sheakleyville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
12.3 mi
Meadville Medical Center
Meadville · ★★★★★
ER
12.9 mi
UPMC Horizon
Greenville · ★★★★★
ER
17.4 mi
Edgewood Surgical Hospital
Transfer · not rated
20.3 mi
Grove City Medical Center
Grove City · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careDeer Creek Township is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careDeer Creek Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthDeer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 24.2%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 37.1%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 18%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Deer Creek Township, betterDeer Creek Township, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Deer Creek Township gets moving

0.9 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Deer Creek Township adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
64%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
67%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
82%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Deer Creek Township 7.1% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Deer Creek Township adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Deer Creek Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.2% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Deer Creek Township adults are in frequent mental distress
16.6% · PA 16.4% · About the same as PA
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

Deer Creek Township and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Fairfield Township: 36%New Vernon Township: 34.8%Sandy Creek Township: 35.3%French Creek Township: 35.1%Union Township: 36.7%Cochranton: 34.6%East Fairfield Township: 36.2%Greenwood Township: 36.6%Wayne Township: 36%Mill Creek Township: 34.3%Perry Township: 35.3%Sandy Lake Township: 34.5%Salem Township: 34.7%Deer Creek Township: 35.1%Deer Creek TownshipFairfield TownshipNew Vernon TownshipSandy Creek TownshipFrench Creek TownshipSheakleyville Health Center · Sheakleyville · 4.1 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#6 of 14 towns on this map, healthiest first
New Vernon Township34.8%
Deer Creek Township35.1%
French Creek Township35.1%
Sandy Creek Township35.3%
Fairfield Township36%
PA33.8%

Nearby towns are shaded from CDC’s estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC’s own figure for cities and villages.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
New Vernon Township————
Fairfield Township————
French Creek Township————
Sandy Creek Township————

New Vernon Township, French Creek Township and Sandy Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents. Fairfield Township: not graded. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

33.2%

of Deer Creek Township adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16%
Thinking or memory14.6%
Hearing9.4%
Errands alone8.8%
Vision5.4%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Deer Creek Township

Why doesn’t Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township.

What hospital is closest to Deer Creek Township?

Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, 12.3 miles in a straight line from Deer Creek Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Deer Creek Township?

2 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Sheakleyville Health Center in Sheakleyville, 4.1 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Deer Creek Township.

Town Square →
Ask your neighbors

Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Pennsylvania 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.