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Health in Port Matilda · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Port Matilda residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Port Matilda

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Port Matilda adults…

Port Matilda runs below PA on 4 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

9 of every 100 Port Matilda adults have diabetes
Pennsylvania: 12 in 100 · better · likely 7.8–10.6%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Port Matilda

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

HNearest ERMount Nittany Medical CenterState College · 8 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMount Nittany Medical Center★★★★★ · 8.0 miDirections →
+Low-cost careThe Broad Top Area Medical CenterAlexandria · 16.7 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
8 mi
Mount Nittany Medical Center
State College · ★★★★★
ER
13.6 mi
Penn Highlands Tyrone
Tyrone · not rated
ERRural critical access
16.7 mi
The Broad Top Area Medical Center
7 sites · nearest in Alexandria
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
21.2 mi
Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Huntingdon · ★★★★★
ER
25.5 mi
Glendale Area Medical Center
Coalport · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
26.4 mi
UPMC Altoona
Altoona · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary carePort Matilda is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Port Matilda itself
✓ Mental healthPort Matilda 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 Port Matilda; ≈ 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 21.9%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 36.2%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 21.5%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.7%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Port Matilda, betterPort Matilda, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Port Matilda gets moving

0 miles of trails across 1 park or preserve

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

77%Yearly checkupPA 79%
65%Dentist visitPA 64%
83%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
67%Colon screeningPA 68%
80%MammogramPA 78%
76%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Port Matilda 7.1% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Port Matilda adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Port Matilda adults have been diagnosed with depression
25.2% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Port Matilda adults are in frequent mental distress
17.2% · 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

Port Matilda 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.

27.4%

of Port Matilda adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.5%
Thinking or memory13.7%
Hearing7%
Errands alone7.2%
Vision4.2%
Dressing or bathing3.1%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Port Matilda

Why doesn’t Port Matilda have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Port Matilda?

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, 8.0 miles in a straight line from Port Matilda’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 Port Matilda.

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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.