Upper Pittsgrove, NJ is a small community in Salem County with a relatively healthy population. Despite its size, the town has access to several quality hospitals and medical facilities. The Upper Pittsgrove Regional Medical Center is the main hospital in the area and provides comprehensive care services including 24-hour emergency care, maternity care, specialty care centers, and advanced diagnostics. Additionally, there are multiple smaller medical facilities located within the town such as physician practices, clinics, outpatient surgery centers, and dentists. These local health providers offer residents convenient access to quality healthcare without having to travel very far from home. Overall, Upper Pittsgrove offers its residents quality health services that help promote a healthy lifestyle for all who live there.
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 97 physicians per 100,000 population in Upper Pittsgrove. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Upper Pittsgrove area is 94.3 (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 Upper Pittsgrove area is 10 (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 Upper Pittsgrove area is 70 (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 Upper Pittsgrove commutes 30.7 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 Upper Pittsgrove area is 74 (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.