County profile
Skagway Municipality, Alaska Community Health Profile
Environmental risk, disease burden, provider access, and SDOH scores for community health needs assessment and service line planning. Fused from EPA, CDC, CMS, and Census data into a single free view.
Opportunity Score
Env
0
−50 vs U.S. mean
Disease
18
−32 vs U.S. mean
Provider
97
+47 vs U.S. mean
SDOH
36
−14 vs U.S. mean
Specific health risk patterns
No specific risk patterns triggered in Skagway Municipality
We evaluated 7 specific patterns for this county. None scored above the elevated threshold or close to it. More on how these patterns are defined.
Where Skagway Municipality stands
Health risks here sit near national averages
Skagway Municipality, Alaska has elevated doctor and specialist shortages — primary care and specialty access rank worse than 97% of U.S. counties. Pollution exposure, chronic disease rates, and social and economic conditions all sit closer to the middle of the national distribution. The issue here is healthcare infrastructure — not enough providers for the population — rather than vulnerability piling up across multiple dimensions. Counties in this profile are candidates for provider-recruitment and capacity-building investment.
Methodology: when three or more of the four major health-risk areas (pollution, chronic disease, doctor access, social and economic conditions) score above the 70th national percentile, we call the pattern “multi-pillar convergence.” The scoring approach and citations live on the methodology page.
Risk profile
Skagway Municipality compared to Alaska and the U.S. average
Four health-risk scores on a 0-100 scale, where 50 is the U.S. average. A higher score means that area is a stronger contributor to community health risk.
Provider Gap (97) is worse than at least 70% of U.S. counties, the largest contributor to community health risk here.
Environmental Risk (0), Disease Burden (18), and SDOH Stress (36) are at or better than the U.S. average.
- Skagway Municipality
- Alaska state mean
- U.S. mean (50)
- Signal threshold (70)
Current Conditions
Today's air quality, fires, and weather alerts
Live operational data for Skagway Municipality: real-time AQI from EPA AirNow, active fires from NIFC, and any National Weather Service advisories. Updated daily.
Environmental Factors
Air, water, and exposure indicators
Top environmental indicators for Skagway Municipality with state and national benchmarks. Full profile covers 40+ metrics on the platform.
| Indicator | Skagway Municipality | AK avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
Traffic Proximity EJSCREEN | 22,133 index ▼ -69% vs AK | 70,291 | 291,320 |
Superfund Proximity EPA EJSCREEN | 0.00 score ▼ -100% vs AK | 0.13 | 0.16 |
Drinking Water Violations EPA EJSCREEN | 1.00 score ▼ -91% vs AK | 11.01 | 3.39 |
Health Outcomes
Chronic disease prevalence
CDC PLACES model-based prevalence estimates for adults in Skagway Municipality. Full profile covers 15+ health outcomes plus mortality on the platform.
| Condition | Skagway Municipality | AK avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
Current Asthma % of adults with current asthma | 10.0% ▼ -8.0% vs AK | 10.9% | 10.6% |
COPD % of adults with diagnosed COPD | 6.3% ▼ -15% vs AK | 7.4% | 8.6% |
Diabetes % of adults with diagnosed diabetes | 9.1% ▼ -21% vs AK | 11.6% | 13.7% |
Coronary Heart Disease % of adults with CHD | 6.1% ▼ -13% vs AK | 7.0% | 7.9% |
Depression % of adults ever diagnosed with depression | 19.4% +1.0% vs AK | 19.2% | 23.1% |
Frequent Mental Distress % of adults with 14+ poor mental health days/month | 14.5% ▼ -11% vs AK | 16.3% | 17.2% |
Vulnerable Medicare Population
Who needs the grid to stay alive
Medicare beneficiaries in Skagway Municipality who depend on electricity for dialysis, oxygen, or other powered medical equipment. From the HHS emPOWER program, which CMS publishes monthly so emergency managers know who to find first when the power goes out.
| Population | Count | Per 1,000 Medicare |
|---|---|---|
Total Medicare beneficiaries Denominator | 201 | — |
Electricity-dependent (any DME) Ventilators, oxygen concentrators, IV pumps, motorized wheelchairs | ≤10 | 54.7 ▼ -9.0% vs AK |
Dialysis-dependent ESRD beneficiaries needing in-center or home dialysis | 0 | 0.00 ▼ -100% vs AK |
Oxygen-dependent Home oxygen concentrators (outage-vulnerable) | 0 | 0.0 ▼ -100% vs AK |
Source: HHS emPOWER Map (ArcGIS county layer), May 2026. Counts of 1–10 are masked as “≤10” per HHS privacy rules; per-1,000 rates are derived and still respect the privacy floor. Full methodology →
Provider Supply
Specialty physician density per 100,000 residents
Active providers in Skagway Municipality from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Compared to the U.S. average for each specialty. Adjacency adjustment is applied separately in the Provider Gap pillar score.
| Specialty | Skagway Municipality | US avg |
|---|---|---|
Primary Care Family medicine, internal medicine, general practice, pediatrics. | 76.5 per 100k ▼ -41% vs US | 130.4 |
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Counts reflect providers with a primary practice address in Skagway Municipality; specialty is taken from the provider's primary NUCC taxonomy code.
Pro analytical view
What drives this county's scores
The flagged signals and service-line opportunities for Skagway Municipality, plus the methodology decomposition behind each score. Visible to Pro, Consultant Studio, and Enterprise tiers.
Where to focus
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See how each signal's components blend into its final score, and which signals + service lines this county should prioritize. Available on Professional, Consultant Studio, and Enterprise.
Score decomposition
Each named signal's component breakdown with weights. The bar length is the component's percentile rank; the parenthetical is its weight in the final blend.
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Tract drill-down
Census tracts inside Skagway Municipality
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On the full platform
What else is available for Skagway Municipality
The page above is a subset. The free Community account unlocks the full single-county profile: every indicator, every data source, demographics, historical trends, and mortality data. Professional unlocks multi-county comparison, compound signal analysis, service line rankings, and consultant-ready PDF reports.
Full Environmental Profile
All 40+ environmental metrics including toxic releases, hazardous site proximity, PFAS detection, pesticide exposure, and climate stress indicators.
Service Line Opportunities
See how Skagway Municipality ranks for respiratory, oncology, cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, and behavioral health service line opportunity.
Multi-County Comparison
Compare Skagway Municipality side-by-side with neighboring counties across every dimension.
Trend Analysis
5-year sparklines for health outcomes, SDOH measures, and mortality rates so you can see where the county is heading, not just where it is today.
PDF Report Export
Generate a consultant-ready environmental health briefing for Skagway Municipality with methodology citations. Drops straight into a CHNA or grant application.
Nearby Counties
Counties bordering Skagway Municipality
Adjacent county profiles with their own scores and environmental health data. Source: Census Bureau County Adjacency File.
Data sources: EPA AQS, EPA EJSCREEN, EPA TRI, CDC PLACES, CDC WONDER, CMS NPPES, Census ACS, County Health Rankings, NOAA ACIS, NCI State Cancer Profiles. Every score on this page is derived from publicly available federal data, fused by the Banana Analytics pipeline.
Methodology: See the full scoring methodology (v1.2.0) for weights, sensitivity analysis, and validation against county-level mortality data.
Last refreshed: May 28, 2026