2025 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps released: Langlade County
2025 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps released: Langlade County
The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, provides local communities with data on more than 90 health-influencing factors. They rank two key aspects: population health and well-being which reflects overall quality of life and community resilience and community conditions including social, economic, and environmental factors that influence daily life.
The 2025 Rankings show that Langlade County’s population health and well-being is similar to other counties in Wisconsin and better than the U.S. average. However, community conditions are worse compared to Wisconsin’s average but align with the national average.
The 2025 County Health Rankings identified the following areas of strength:
Uninsured (Percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance)
Langlade County 8%
Wisconsin 6%
Primary Care Physicians (Ratio of population to primary care physicians)
Langlade County 1,220:1
Wisconsin 1,250:1
Social associations (Number of membership associations per 10,000 people)
Langlade County 14.3
Wisconsin 11.1
Preventable hospital stays (rate of hospital stays for ambulatory-care sensitive conditions per 100,000 Medicare enrollees)
Langlade County 1,511
Wisconsin 2,498
The 2025 County Health Rankings identified the following areas for improvement:
Child Care Burden (Child care costs for a household with two children as a percent of medical household income)
Langlade County 37%
Wisconsin 31%
Alcohol impaired driving deaths (Percentage of driving deaths with alcohol involvement)
Langlade County 47%
Wisconsin 33%
Flu Vaccinations (Percentage of fee-for-service Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination.)
Langlade County 33%
Wisconsin 53%
Food Insecurity (Percentage of population who lack adequate access to food.)
Langlade County 13%
Wisconsin 11%
The Langlade County health department has put emphasis on three top priority areas (alcohol and other drugs, mental well-being, and healthy living/active lifestyle) as outlined in the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) 2023-2025 to affect the community conditions in the county. “We all have a stake in creating a healthier community and no single sector alone can tackle the health challenges in Langlade County,” said Meghan Williams, Health Officer, Langlade County Health Department. “Collaboration is crucial,” she added.
As part of this collaboration effort, “Building a Healthier Langlade County” is working is a group of organizations, and citizens working collaboratively to address issues that affect health. Building a Healthier Langlade County meets monthly and anyone interested is invited to join. Please contact the Langlade County Health Department for more information at 715-627-6250. For a complete listing of the 2023 County Health Rankings visit, County Health Rankings.
For more information on the Langlade County Health Department’s programs and services visit langladecountyhealth.org
