Valley Township, located in Rice County, Kansas, is a rural area with a small population of just over 500 people. Health and wellness are of the utmost importance to its residents. The community boasts several local medical facilities that provide quality care for its citizens. These facilities include Valley Clinic, Rice Hospital, and Rice Medical Center. Valley Clinic offers primary care services as well as some specialty services such as obstetrics and gynecology. Rice Hospital provides an extensive range of services including emergency care, women's health care, physical therapy, pediatrics, radiology, occupational therapy, surgery, laboratory work and more. Rice Medical Center is the largest medical facility in the county providing a wide variety of healthcare services including family medicine and psychiatry. All of these facilities offer quality care to ensure that Valley Township residents can access quality healthcare when needed.
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 50 physicians per 100,000 population in Valley township (Rice County). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Valley township (Rice County) area is 98.0 (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 Valley township (Rice County) area is 27 (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 Valley township (Rice County) area is 87 (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 Valley township (Rice County) commutes 16.5 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 Valley township (Rice County) area is 79 (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.