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Health in Rapid City, South Dakota

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HealthRapid City, SDUnited States
Air Quality (100=best)92.682.8
Water Quality (100=best)4255
Superfund Sites (100=best)9071
Physicians per 100k272.4261.3



There are 272 physicians per 100,000 population in Rapid City, SD. The US average is 261.

Rapid City, SD Health Index

Air quality in Rapid City, SD is 93 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 Rapid City, SD is 42 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 90 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.


Rapid City Health SperlingViews

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