Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Where New Schaefferstown residents get care
CDC publishes only some of its health estimates for New Schaefferstown, not the seven a Health Grade needs; here is what we do have.
Modeled estimates for adults 18+, CDC’s own estimate for New Schaefferstown. How CDC estimates town health
Out of every 100 New Schaefferstown adults…
On every condition, New Schaefferstown is about the same as Pennsylvania. Tap one to see it as people.
Care in and near New Schaefferstown
No hospital or community health center in New Schaefferstown itself. These are the nearest.
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 New Schaefferstown; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania
Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.
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Keeping up with care
Share of New Schaefferstown adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.
How New Schaefferstown adults are doing
About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.
A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
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New Schaefferstown and the towns around it
How health changes across the town line.
Health next door
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Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
of New Schaefferstown adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Questions about health in New Schaefferstown
Why doesn’t New Schaefferstown have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for New Schaefferstown.
What hospital is closest to New Schaefferstown?
Penn State Health St. Joseph in Reading, 11.3 miles in a straight line from New Schaefferstown’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 New Schaefferstown.
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.