The Trenton, NJ Metro Area is home to a variety of health care options. Here, residents have access to multiple hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities in the area that provide comprehensive and quality health care services. Local hospitals such as Capital Health System and St. Francis Medical Center offer full-service medical care with an emphasis on cutting-edge diagnostics and treatments for all types of illnesses and diseases. The area also boasts specialty clinics such as The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at Mercer Campus, which specializes in pediatrics; medical practices such as Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton; ambulatory surgery centers such as The Surgery Center of Princeton; and other local medical services like urgent care facilities that are available for emergency care. With these options, the Trenton Metro Area is well-equipped to provide high-quality health care services to its residents.
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 312 physicians per 100,000 population in Trenton-Princeton Metro Area. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Trenton-Princeton Metro Area area is 95.4 (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 Trenton-Princeton Metro Area area is 27 (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 Trenton-Princeton Metro Area area is 88 (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 Trenton-Princeton Metro Area commutes 28.3 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 Trenton-Princeton Metro Area area is 49 (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.