San Leon, TX is a small city located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. While it has a small population, the city is home to several local hospitals and medical facilities that provide quality care for residents. These include Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Bay Area Regional Medical Center, and UTMB League City. The city also has a number of other healthcare providers such as private practice physicians, urgent care centers, and specialty physicians. These facilities work together to ensure basic health care needs are met for all citizens of San Leon. Furthermore, the city hosts multiple community events each year that focus on providing preventative health information and resources to its residents. This helps to ensure the residents have access to the necessary information and resources needed to maintain their physical well-being.
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 196 physicians per 100,000 population in San Leon. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the San Leon area is 100.8 (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 San Leon area is 40 (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 San Leon area is 86 (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 San Leon commutes 30.8 minutes one-way, which is longer than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the San Leon area is 78 (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.