Health in Brooklyn (zip 11208), New York

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Health	Brooklyn, NY	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	22.3	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	40	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	60	71
Physicians per 100k	245.6	261.3

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There are 246 physicians per 100,000 population in Brooklyn (zip 11208), NY. The US average is 261.

Brooklyn (zip 11208), NY Health Index

Air quality in Brooklyn (zip 11208), NY is 22 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 Brooklyn (zip 11208), NY 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 60 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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