Health in Boston, Massachusetts

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Health	Boston, MA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	26.4	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	1	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	99	71
Physicians per 100k	1006.8	261.3

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There are 1,007 physicians per 100,000 population in Boston, MA. The US average is 261.

Boston, MA Health Index

Air quality in Boston, MA is 26 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 Boston, MA is 1 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 99 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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Boston Health SperlingViews

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