Health in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area, District of Columbia

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Health	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	27.6	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	53	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	86	71
Physicians per 100k	345.2	261.3

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There are 345 physicians per 100,000 population in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area, DC. The US average is 261.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area, DC Health Index

Air quality in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area, DC is 28 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area, DC is 53 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 86 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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