Fairfield Bay, AR is a small rural community located in northern Arkansas. Despite its small size, the town has access to a number of medical facilities that ensure adequate health care for all residents. Fairfield Bay Medical Center is the primary local hospital that serves the residents of Fairfield Bay and surrounding areas. The hospital offers a full range of medical services including emergency department, outpatient surgery center, laboratory services, and physical therapy. Additionally, there are several smaller medical clinics in the town which offer family health care and urgent care services. These include White River Family Medicine Clinic and Quick Care Urgent Care Clinic. All these facilities provide access to quality healthcare for everyone in the community as well as visitors who come to Fairfield Bay for vacation or business purposes.
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 36 physicians per 100,000 population in Fairfield Bay. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Fairfield Bay area is 84.5 (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 Fairfield Bay area is 100 (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 Fairfield Bay area is 89 (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 Fairfield Bay commutes 27.9 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 Fairfield Bay area is 57 (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.