Rowland Heights, CA 91748 is a city located in the Los Angeles County. The city has an array of local hospitals and medical facilities that are available to provide quality health care services for its residents. These facilities include Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, Methodist Hospital of Southern California, and Puente Hills Surgery Center. All three of these local hospitals provide excellent care and have the most up-to-date technology and equipment to serve patients' needs. In addition to these hospitals, there are several local medical facilities such as pharmacies, doctors' offices, dentists, optometrists, physical therapists, and other specialists that serve the community with individualized health care services. These facilities work together to ensure that each resident in Rowland Heights receives comprehensive and accessible health care options tailored to their specific needs.
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 211 physicians per 100,000 population in Rowland Heights (zip 91748). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Rowland Heights (zip 91748) area is 85.2 (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 Rowland Heights (zip 91748) area is 52 (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 Rowland Heights (zip 91748) area is 95 (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 Rowland Heights (zip 91748) commutes 31.7 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 Rowland Heights (zip 91748) area is 46 (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.