Health in Portage, Indiana

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Health

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Health	Portage, IN	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	36.6	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	33	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	89	71
Physicians per 100k	173	220.5

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There are 173 physicians per 100,000 population in Portage, IN. The US average is 221.

Portage, IN Health Index

Air quality in Portage, IN is 37 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 Portage, IN is 33 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 89 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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