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Health in Eagle Creek · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Eagle Creek residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Eagle Creek

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Eagle Creek adults…

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

10 of every 100 Eagle Creek adults have heart disease
Pennsylvania: 7 in 100 · worse · likely 8.7–11%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Eagle Creek

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

HNearest ERMount Nittany Medical CenterState College · 6.7 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMount Nittany Medical Center★★★★★ · 6.7 miDirections →
+Low-cost careThe Broad Top Area Medical CenterBelleville · 22.7 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6.7 mi
Mount Nittany Medical Center
State College · ★★★★★
ER
22.7 mi
The Broad Top Area Medical Center
6 sites · nearest in Belleville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
24.3 mi
Penn Highlands Tyrone
Tyrone · not rated
ERRural critical access
24.3 mi
Lewistown Community Health Center
Lewistown · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
27.2 mi
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown · ★★★★★
ER
28.6 mi
Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Huntingdon · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careEagle Creek is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Eagle Creek itself
✓ Mental healthEagle Creek 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 Eagle Creek; ≈ 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 Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 24.8%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 31.7%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 13.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Eagle Creek, betterEagle Creek, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Eagle Creek gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

81%Yearly checkupPA 79%
66%Dentist visitPA 64%
85%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
76%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
85%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Eagle Creek 6.7% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Eagle Creek adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Eagle Creek adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.5% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Eagle Creek adults are in frequent mental distress
15% · 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

Eagle Creek and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
Unionville————

Unionville: 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.

33.3%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.4%
Thinking or memory13.6%
Hearing10.2%
Errands alone8.3%
Vision5.5%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Eagle Creek

Why doesn’t Eagle Creek have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Eagle Creek?

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, 6.7 miles in a straight line from Eagle Creek’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 5 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Eagle Creek.

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.