The health of the 95202 Stockton, CA area is supported by several local hospitals and medical facilities. Stockton's major hospital is St. Joseph’s Medical Center, a full service facility providing a wide range of services from urgent care to cancer treatment. St. Joseph’s also runs an innovative family health center in the heart of downtown Stockton that offers a range of affordable services for families throughout San Joaquin County, including preventive care, prenatal and post-natal care, immunizations, as well as pediatric and adult primary care and specialty care. Another prominent local hospital is Dameron Hospital located on Acacia Street and specializing in cardiac services, emergency room and critical care services. Other local medical facilities include Community Medical Centers with five locations in San Joaquin County offering comprehensive primary healthcare services along with mental health related support programs; St. Mary's Intercommunity Health Center providing healthcare for people who are uninsured or underinsured; San Joaquin General Hospital providing trauma services; Kaiser Permanente offering HMO coverage; and the VA Hospital offering specialized veterans' healthcare. Stockton also has a large number of walk-in clinics, urgent care facilities, psychiatric centers, hospice centers and home health agencies to provide residents with quality options to meet their individual needs for preventive and/or curative medical treatments.
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 Stockton (zip 95202). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Stockton (zip 95202) 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 Stockton (zip 95202) 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 Stockton (zip 95202) 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 Stockton (zip 95202) 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 Stockton (zip 95202) 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.