Health in Baton Rouge Metro Area, Louisiana

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Health	Baton Rouge, LA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	28.6	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	27	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	72	71
Physicians per 100k	211.1	261.3

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There are 211 physicians per 100,000 population in Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA. The US average is 261.

Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA Health Index

Air quality in Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA is 29 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 Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA is 27 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 72 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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