Health in Foster township (Luzerne county), Pennsylvania

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Health	Foster township (Luzerne county), PA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	72.2	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	79	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	50	71
Physicians per 100k	227	220.5

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There are 227 physicians per 100,000 population in Foster township (Luzerne county), PA. The US average is 221.

Foster township (Luzerne county), PA Health Index

Air quality in Foster township (Luzerne county), PA is 72 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 Foster township (Luzerne county), PA is 79 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 50 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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