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HealthDelaware, DEUnited States
Air Quality (100=best)17.782.8
Water Quality (100=best)2955
Superfund Sites (100=best)3071
Physicians per 100k248.7261.3



There are 249 physicians per 100,000 population in Delaware, DE. The US average is 261.

Delaware, DE Health Index

Air quality in Delaware, DE is 18 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 Delaware, DE is 29 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 30 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.


Delaware Health SperlingViews

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