Kohls Ranch, AZ is a small community of approximately 500 people located in the Mogollon Rim area of Arizona. The area offers plentiful outdoor activities and scenery with its proximity to the Tonto National Forest and Lake Roosevelt. Health care in Kohls Ranch is provided by two local hospitals – Payson Regional Medical Center and Summit Healthcare. These hospitals offer residents of Kohls Ranch access to quality medical care, including emergency services, imaging services, cardiology care, physical therapy, and more. There are also several private medical facilities in the area providing additional health resources for residents. These include general practice physicians and specialists such as orthopedics, neurology, and obstetrics/gynecology. With these comprehensive services available to them, residents of Kohls Ranch have a wide range of health care options available to them.
The health of a city has many different factors. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. The people you live around can also affect your health as some places have lower or higher rates of physical activity, increased alcohol intake, smoking, obesity, and cancer rates.
Physicians per Capita
There are 119 physicians per 100,000 population in Kohls Ranch. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Kohls Ranch area is 104.5 (lower=better). The US average is 100.
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Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Kohls Ranch area is 66 (100=best). The US average is 55.
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Note that this is a measure of Watershed quality, not the water that comes from your faucet. The EPA has stated that a healthy watershed is closely related to drinking water quality. The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators such as pH, chemicals, metals, and bacteria.
Superfund Index
The annual BestPlaces Superfund Index for the Kohls Ranch area is 51 (100=best). The US average is 87.
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The EPA's Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of our nation's most contaminated land. Our index is based on the number of active Superfund sites (over 15,000 in the United States), with particular attention paid to those on the National Priorities List which pose the greatest health danger.
Quick Facts
Commuting can effect your health. The average person in Kohls Ranch commutes 18.7 minutes one-way, which is shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the Kohls Ranch area is 88 (100=best). The US average is 58.
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This is based on new measures of hazardous air pollutants from the EPA, called the National Air Toxics Assessment. This analysis models respiratory illness and cancer risk down to the zip code level, providing better detail and insight than the previous analysis based solely on results from air monitoring stations.