Health in Putnam County, West Virginia

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Health	Putnam, WV	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	83	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	40	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	98	71
Physicians per 100k	201.9	261.3

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There are 202 physicians per 100,000 population in Putnam County, WV. The US average is 261.

Putnam County, WV Health Index

Air quality in Putnam County, WV is 83 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 Putnam County, WV is 40 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 98 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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