Health in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, Massachusetts

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Health	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	44.8	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	23	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	27	71
Physicians per 100k	463.8	261.3

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There are 464 physicians per 100,000 population in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, MA. The US average is 261.

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, MA Health Index

Air quality in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, MA is 45 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 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, MA is 23 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 27 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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