Portales, NM Health


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Portales, New Mexico is home to a small population of just over 11,000 people. Despite its size, the city offers quality health care and medical facilities for residents. The city is home to two local hospitals: Roosevelt General Hospital and Plains Regional Medical Center. Roosevelt General Hospital offers 24-hour emergency care, family health care services, and rehabilitation programs while Plains Regional Medical Center provides inpatient services such as surgery centers and cancer care. In addition to these hospitals, Portales has a few local medical facilities that provide outpatient services such as physical therapy, chiropractic care, and diagnostic testing. These facilities also offer preventative health screenings like mammograms and colonoscopies as well as mental health services including counseling and group therapy. Altogether, Portales is equipped with quality medical options that are ready to serve its citizens with any of their healthcare needs.

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 84 physicians per 100,000 population in Portales. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.

Health Cost Index

The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Portales area is 92.6 (lower=better). The US average is 100.

92.6 / 100

Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.

Water Qualtiy Index

The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Portales area is 20 (100=best). The US average is 55.

20 / 100

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 Portales area is 97 (100=best). The US average is 87.

97 / 100

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 Portales commutes 16.8 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 Portales area is 71 (100=best). The US average is 58.

71 / 100

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.

Air Quality Health Risk
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In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 5 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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