Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania is located in Delaware County and offers its residents a variety of health services. The township has three local hospitals, Riddle Memorial Hospital, Taylor Hospital, and Crozer Chester Medical Center. These hospitals provide medical care to the community with an emphasis on providing quality care with compassion. Additionally, Thornbury Township has many local medical facilities to serve the needs of its citizens. These include primary care centers for family medicine and pediatrics, physical therapy clinics for sports-related injuries or illnesses such as arthritis, mental health centers for mental health treatment, and other specialty clinics such as cardiology and dermatology. With so many healthcare resources available to its residents, Thornbury Township is able to ensure that all of its citizens can access the highest quality medical care possible.
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 340 physicians per 100,000 population in Thornbury township (Delaware County). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Thornbury township (Delaware County) area is 114.5 (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 Thornbury township (Delaware County) area is 5 (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 Thornbury township (Delaware County) area is 81 (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 Thornbury township (Delaware County) commutes 27.8 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 Thornbury township (Delaware County) area is 68 (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.