Health in San Francisco, California

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Health	San Francisco, CA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	57.3	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	47	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	80	71
Physicians per 100k	509.2	220.5

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There are 509 physicians per 100,000 population in San Francisco, CA. The US average is 221.

San Francisco, CA Health Index

Air quality in San Francisco, CA is 57 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is based on ozone alert days and number of pollutants in the air, as reported by the EPA.

Water quality in San Francisco, CA is 47 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 80 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts.

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