Health in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metro Area, Louisiana

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Health	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	47	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	40	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	59	71
Physicians per 100k	413.4	261.3

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There are 413 physicians per 100,000 population in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metro Area, LA. The US average is 261.

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metro Area, LA Health Index

Air quality in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metro Area, LA is 47 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 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metro Area, LA 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 59 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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