North Woodbury, PA is a small community located in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Despite its smaller size, the town offers a wealth of health services to its residents. North Woodbury has several local hospitals and medical facilities that provide quality care and medical treatments for residents and visitors. The hospitals offer a wide range of services, such as general medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics/sports medicine, psychiatry/behavioral health services, radiology/imaging services, rehabilitation services, and much more. In addition, North Woodbury is home to several other medical facilities including urgent care centers, physical therapy clinics, dental offices, optometry centers and pharmacies. All of these medical facilities are staffed with highly trained professionals who are committed to providing exceptional care to their patients. Residents of North Woodbury have access to quality healthcare that can help them maintain their overall health and wellbeing.
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 245 physicians per 100,000 population in North Woodbury. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the North Woodbury area is 86.6 (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 North Woodbury area is 92 (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 North Woodbury area is 84 (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 North Woodbury commutes 22.0 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 North Woodbury area is 84 (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.