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Friedensburg, Pennsylvania (8482296556)Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Health in Friedensburg · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Friedensburg residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Friedensburg

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Friedensburg adults…

Friedensburg runs below PA on 1 of 12 conditions and above it on 2. Tap one to see it as people.

11 of every 100 Friedensburg adults have had cancer
Pennsylvania: 9 in 100 · worse · likely 9.5–11.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Friedensburg

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

HNearest ERSchuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville · 5.6 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySchuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street★★★★★ · 5.6 miDirections →
+Low-cost carePrimary Health NetworkMinersville · 6 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
5.6 mi
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street
Pottsville · ★★★★★
ER
6 mi
Primary Health Network
3 sites · nearest in Minersville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
9.2 mi
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg · ★★★★★
17 mi
Star Community Health
2 sites · nearest in Ringtown
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
20.6 mi
Penn State Health St. Joseph
Reading · ★★★★★
ER
21.2 mi
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careFriedensburg is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Friedensburg itself
✓ Mental healthFriedensburg 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 Friedensburg; ≈ 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 22.6%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 37.7%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.4%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 15.7%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Friedensburg, betterFriedensburg, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Friedensburg gets moving

0 miles of trails across 1 park or preserve

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
68%Dentist visitPA 64%
88%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
70%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
82%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 16
working-age adults has no health insurance
Friedensburg 6.3% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Friedensburg adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Friedensburg adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.9% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Friedensburg adults are in frequent mental distress
14.7% · 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.

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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

Friedensburg 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.

31%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.2%
Thinking or memory12.3%
Hearing8.4%
Errands alone7.1%
Vision4.3%
Dressing or bathing3.2%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Friedensburg

Why doesn’t Friedensburg have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Friedensburg?

Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street in Pottsville, 5.6 miles in a straight line from Friedensburg’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 Friedensburg?

1 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Schuylkill Community Health Center in Minersville, 6.0 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.