Geauga County is located in northeastern Ohio and is home to roughly 93,000 residents. Health care in Geauga County is provided by several local hospitals and medical facilities. The largest hospital in the county is University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, located in Chardon, OH. The hospital provides a full range of medical services as well as an extensive array of specialties such as cardiology, neurology, and oncology. Additionally, there are numerous local clinics throughout the county that provide primary care services such as family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine. Other medical facilities include The Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center at Geauga Medical Center which offers specialized hyperbaric oxygen therapy for treating chronic wounds; Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio Geauga Office which provides home health services; and South Street Surgery Center which specializes in outpatient surgery procedures. In addition to these facilities, there are various community programs sponsored by the local government that work to improve access to health care for all residents of the county. Overall, Geauga County has a wide variety of health care options to meet the needs of its citizens.
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 Unlock physicians per 100,000 population in Geauga County. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Geauga County area is Unlock. The US average is 100.
Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Geauga County area is Unlock. The US average is 55.
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 Geauga County area is Unlock. The US average is 87.
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 Geauga County commutes Unlock 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 Geauga County area is Unlock. The US average is 58.
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.