Santa Clarita, CA is a growing city of over 200,000 people located in the northern region of Los Angeles County. As such, there are a variety of health resources and medical facilities available to its residents. The local hospitals include Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and Mission Community Hospital, both of which provide general inpatient care as well as emergency services. Additionally, there are multiple urgent care centers in the area that provide convenient access to quality health care services for non-emergency situations. Additionally, Santa Clarita has numerous medical facilities that can be used for preventive care and routine checkups including primary care doctors’ offices and specialty clinics providing treatments in fields such as orthopedics, podiatry, neurology, ophthalmology and more. Overall, Santa Clarita's residents are provided with plenty of options when it comes to accessing high quality health care services.
The health of a city has many different factors. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. The people you live around can also affect your health as some places have lower or higher rates of physical activity, increased alcohol intake, smoking, obesity, and cancer rates.
Physicians per Capita
There are 211 physicians per 100,000 population in Santa Clarita. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Santa Clarita area is 85.2 (lower=better). The US average is 100.
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Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Santa Clarita area is 52 (100=best). The US average is 55.
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Note that this is a measure of Watershed quality, not the water that comes from your faucet. The EPA has stated that a healthy watershed is closely related to drinking water quality. The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators such as pH, chemicals, metals, and bacteria.
Superfund Index
The annual BestPlaces Superfund Index for the Santa Clarita area is 95 (100=best). The US average is 87.
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The EPA's Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of our nation's most contaminated land. Our index is based on the number of active Superfund sites (over 15,000 in the United States), with particular attention paid to those on the National Priorities List which pose the greatest health danger.
Quick Facts
Commuting can effect your health. The average person in Santa Clarita commutes 34.9 minutes one-way, which is longer than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the Santa Clarita area is 65 (100=best). The US average is 58.
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This is based on new measures of hazardous air pollutants from the EPA, called the National Air Toxics Assessment. This analysis models respiratory illness and cancer risk down to the zip code level, providing better detail and insight than the previous analysis based solely on results from air monitoring stations.