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Health in Jeddo · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Jeddo residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Jeddo

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Jeddo adults…

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

36 of every 100 Jeddo adults have arthritis
Pennsylvania: 30 in 100 · worse · likely 31.9–39.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Jeddo

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

HNearest ERLehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton · 4.5 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus★★★★★ · 15.2 miDirections →
+Low-cost careRural Health Corporation of Northeastern PennsylvaniaFreeland · 1.7 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
1.7 mi
Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
3 sites · nearest in Freeland
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
4.5 mi
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
Hazleton · ★★★★★
ER
5.7 mi
Caring Community Health Center
2 sites · nearest in Hazle Township
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
11.8 mi
St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
Coaldale · ★★★★★
ER
15.2 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton · ★★★★★
ER
≈17.7 mi
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Wilkes-Barre · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careJeddo is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Jeddo itself
✓ Mental healthJeddo 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 Jeddo; ≈ 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 24.6%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 38.2%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.1%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.7%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Jeddo, betterJeddo, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Jeddo gets moving

0 miles of trails across 1 park or preserve

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Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

79%Yearly checkupPA 79%
67%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
64%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 16
working-age adults has no health insurance
Jeddo 6.4% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Jeddo adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Jeddo adults have been diagnosed with depression
23.7% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Jeddo adults are in frequent mental distress
16.1% · 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

Jeddo and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Foster Township: 37%Hazle Township: 41.4%Kidder Township: 35.7%Dennison Township: 36.4%Lausanne Township: 35.4%White Haven: 37.2%Butler Township: 36.5%West Hazleton: 46.2%Hazleton: 44.1%Pardeesville: 38%Banks Township: 37.1%Sugarloaf Township: 35.7%Kline Township: 40.9%Black Creek Township: 35.4%Jeddo: 37.9%JeddoFoster TownshipHazle TownshipLehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton · Hazleton · 4.5 mi · 2★ MedicareHFreeland Health Center · Freeland · 1.7 mi+Caring Community Health Center - Hazleton · Hazle Township · 5.7 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#10 of 15 towns on this map, healthiest first
Foster Township37%
Jeddo37.9%
Hazle Township41.4%
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
Foster TownshipC+37%12.6%17.4%ZIP codes
Hazle TownshipD41.4%15.2%20.1%ZIP codes

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

31.7%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.8%
Thinking or memory13.5%
Hearing7.3%
Errands alone7.9%
Vision4.6%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Jeddo

Why doesn’t Jeddo have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Jeddo?

Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton in Hazleton, 4.5 miles in a straight line from Jeddo’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 2 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Jeddo?

3 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Freeland Health Center in Freeland, 1.7 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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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.