Cedar Park, TX is a vibrant and growing community located in the Greater Austin area. The city offers a variety of amenities to its residents, including several local hospitals and medical facilities. Cedar Park Regional Medical Center is the largest of these facilities, providing comprehensive services such as emergency care, trauma care, imaging tests, heart care, orthopedic surgery and more. Additionally, Cedar Park is home to two other smaller medical centers that provide quality care for urgent needs or on-going primary care visits. All three of these hospitals offer high-quality healthcare to the Cedar Park community and strive to provide excellent customer service. These hospitals also partner with a variety of local clinics that can provide additional resources to patients in need. The city also has numerous free clinics available for those in need of basic healthcare services. Overall, Cedar Park has a range of options available for individuals seeking quality health care services within their own community.
The health of a city has many different factors. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. The people you live around can also affect your health as some places have lower or higher rates of physical activity, increased alcohol intake, smoking, obesity, and cancer rates.
Physicians per Capita
There are 119 physicians per 100,000 population in Cedar Park. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Cedar Park area is 90.6 (lower=better). The US average is 100.
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Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Cedar Park area is 79 (100=best). The US average is 55.
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Note that this is a measure of Watershed quality, not the water that comes from your faucet. The EPA has stated that a healthy watershed is closely related to drinking water quality. The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators such as pH, chemicals, metals, and bacteria.
Superfund Index
The annual BestPlaces Superfund Index for the Cedar Park area is 100 (100=best). The US average is 87.
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The EPA's Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of our nation's most contaminated land. Our index is based on the number of active Superfund sites (over 15,000 in the United States), with particular attention paid to those on the National Priorities List which pose the greatest health danger.
Quick Facts
Commuting can effect your health. The average person in Cedar Park commutes 27.4 minutes one-way, which is longer than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the Cedar Park area is 65 (100=best). The US average is 58.
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This is based on new measures of hazardous air pollutants from the EPA, called the National Air Toxics Assessment. This analysis models respiratory illness and cancer risk down to the zip code level, providing better detail and insight than the previous analysis based solely on results from air monitoring stations.