Health in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, New York

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Health	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	23.4	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	34	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	27	71
Physicians per 100k	373.7	261.3

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There are 374 physicians per 100,000 population in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, NY. The US average is 261.

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, NY Health Index

Air quality in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, NY is 23 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 York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, NY is 34 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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