Lower Pottsgrove is a small township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. With its small population of 5,338 people, Lower Pottsgrove is well-served with local medical facilities and hospitals. The most popular hospital in the area is Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, which has been providing quality healthcare to the community since 1916. Beyond this hospital, there are several smaller medical centers and clinics that offer medical attention for residents of Lower Pottsgrove. For instance, Phoenixville Medical Associates is a family practice clinic that provides comprehensive care services such as preventive medicine and general surgery to patients. Additionally, there are two urgent care centers in the area including Key Urgent Care and ArchCare Urgent Care Center which provide quick access when needed to local residents. Together these facilities help ensure the health of the citizens of Lower Pottsgrove by providing quality healthcare services at excellent cost-efficiency rates.
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 468 physicians per 100,000 population in Lower Pottsgrove. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Lower Pottsgrove area is 114.6 (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 Lower Pottsgrove area is 2 (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 Lower Pottsgrove area is 67 (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 Lower Pottsgrove commutes 31.0 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 Lower Pottsgrove area is 60 (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.