Bar Harbor, ME is a small town located on Maine's coast. The town has access to a variety of local hospitals and medical facilities that provide services for both residents and visitors. These include Mount Desert Island Hospital, which is the only full-service hospital in the area, providing emergency care, diagnostic services, and other medical care. Other health centers in Bar Harbor offer primary care services such as family medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics-gynecology services. Additionally, specialty physicians are available at several local offices such as for cardiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology. In addition to these health services, Bar Harbor is home to numerous fitness centers where residents can stay healthy with physical activity. From hiking trails to kayaking opportunities along the coast of Acadia National Park to yoga classes at local studios in town, there are plenty of ways to stay active and maintain a healthy lifestyle in Bar Harbor.
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 240 physicians per 100,000 population in Bar Harbor. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Bar Harbor area is 128.6 (lower=better). The US average is 100.
128.6 / 100
Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Bar Harbor area is 60 (100=best). The US average is 55.
60 / 100
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 Bar Harbor area is 73 (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 Bar Harbor commutes 23.1 minutes one-way, which is shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the Bar Harbor area is 92 (100=best). The US average is 58.
92 / 100
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.