Spring Lake, MI is a small but growing town located in the Midwest. The town has excellent healthcare options for its residents and visitors. There are local hospitals and medical facilities to provide quality care and services to Spring Lake’s population. These include Mercy Health Lakeshore Hospital, which offers an array of medical services such as emergency care, comprehensive cancer treatments, mental health services, and cardiac rehabilitation. Other local medical facilities include North Ottawa Urgent Care Center, Community Connection of Michigan, North Ottawa Community Health System, and the North Ottawa Family Medicine Clinic. These facilities provide a variety of health care services for patients living in or visiting Spring Lake. Patients can also find specialists such as dermatologists and neurologists at these clinics. In addition to the access to healthcare services that local hospitals and medical facilities provide, Spring Lake prides itself on providing citizens with resources that promote physical activity and healthy eating habits. The city has multiple parks where people can enjoy outdoor activities such as walking trails, biking paths, playgrounds, tennis courts, basketball courts, and more for families to get together while staying active.
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 132 physicians per 100,000 population in Spring Lake. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Spring Lake area is 88.7 (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 Spring Lake area is 36 (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 Spring Lake area is 90 (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 Spring Lake commutes 20.5 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 Spring Lake 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.