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Main Street Donegal PennsylvaniaPhoto: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Health in Donegal · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Donegal residents get care

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

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, CDC’s own estimate for Donegal. How CDC estimates town health

Fair or poor health
18%
About the same as PA (18.7%)
Obesity
34.3%
About the same as PA (33.8%)
No exercise
25.1%
About the same as PA (23.8%)
Uninsured
6.6%
About the same as PA (5.8%)
Nearest ER
9.2 mi
Excela Health - Frick Hospital
What stands out

What stands out about health in Donegal

36.2%have arthritis · PA 30.4%
★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Donegal adults…

Donegal runs above PA on 3 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

36 of every 100 Donegal adults have arthritis
Pennsylvania: 30 in 100 · worse · likely 32.6–40%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Donegal

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

HNearest ERExcela Health - Frick HospitalMount Pleasant · 9.2 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyExcela Health Latrobe Hospital★★★★★ · 11.4 miDirections →
+Low-cost careCenterville Clinics, IncorporatedConnellsville · 13.1 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
9.2 mi
Excela Health - Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant · ★★★★★
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
11.4 mi
Excela Health Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe · ★★★★★
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
12.5 mi
Penn Highlands Connellsville
Connellsville · not rated
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
13.1 mi
Centerville Clinics, Incorporated
3 sites · nearest in Connellsville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
13.6 mi
Latrobe Health Center
Latrobe · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
Directions
16 mi
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg · ★★★★★
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
✓ Primary careDonegal is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careDonegal is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthDonegal 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 Donegal; ≈ 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 25.1%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 39.7%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17.5%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.7%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Donegal, betterDonegal, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Donegal gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

81%Yearly checkupPA 79%
65%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
70%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
82%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Donegal 6.6% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Donegal adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Donegal adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.7% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Donegal adults are in frequent mental distress
16.5% · 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

Donegal and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from

Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

32.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15%
Thinking or memory13.9%
Hearing8.5%
Errands alone8.3%
Vision4.7%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Donegal

Why doesn’t Donegal have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Donegal?

Excela Health - Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant, 9.2 miles in a straight line from Donegal’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 3 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Donegal.

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.