2025 Compare Cities Health:
Providence, RI vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- There are 478 physicians per 100,000 people in Charleston.
- There are 271 physicians per 100,000 people in Providence.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Providence, RICharleston, SCUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock58.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)53  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock83.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.271  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock98100
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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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