Health in Scranton (zip 18505), Pennsylvania

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Health	Scranton, PA	United States
Air Quality (100=best)	38	82.8
Water Quality (100=best)	75	55
Superfund Sites (100=best)	10	71
Physicians per 100k	255.6	261.3

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There are 256 physicians per 100,000 population in Scranton (zip 18505), PA. The US average is 261.

Scranton (zip 18505), PA Health Index

Air quality in Scranton (zip 18505), PA is 38 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 Scranton (zip 18505), PA is 75 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 10 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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