Rehoboth, MA is a small town located in Bristol County in the Southeastern part of Massachusetts. With a population of 10,000, Rehoboth has a variety of healthcare options available to its residents. The town has several local hospitals and medical facilities which includes Charlton Memorial Hospital, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. The local hospitals provide comprehensive care including emergency services, maternity care, intensive care units, and diagnostic testing. In addition to these larger facilities, Rehoboth also has many smaller medical practices throughout town providing primary care services such as family medicine and internal medicine. Residents have access to a variety of specialty physicians including cardiologists, pulmonologists, geriatricians and more. The town offers public health programs aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles for the residents as well as resources for those who are uninsured or underinsured. Overall, the healthcare options in Rehoboth provide quality care and services for the community’s residents and visitors alike.
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 142 physicians per 100,000 population in Rehoboth. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Rehoboth area is 83.8 (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 Rehoboth area is 47 (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 Rehoboth area is 77 (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 Rehoboth commutes 30.4 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 Rehoboth area is 77 (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.