The health of the 62074 New Douglas, IL area is excellent, with a number of local hospitals and medical facilities providing quality care to residents. There are numerous primary and preventive care providers in the area, including family practice offices, urgent care clinics, mental health facilities, and physical therapy centers. These facilities provide a wide variety of services including diagnostic testing, laboratory services, surgical procedures, wound care treatments, immunizations, and medication management. In addition to these traditional services, there are also a number of complementary and alternative medicine options available such as massage therapy centers and acupuncture clinics. For those needing more specialized care or surgeries that require higher levels of expertise or technology, nearby larger cities provide easy access to advanced technologies and physicians with specialty training. All-in-all the health options for residents within the 62074 New Douglas zip code are plentiful.
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 115 physicians per 100,000 population in New Douglas (zip 62074). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the New Douglas (zip 62074) area is 102.6 (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 New Douglas (zip 62074) area is 35 (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 New Douglas (zip 62074) area is 82 (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 New Douglas (zip 62074) commutes 24.9 minutes one-way, which is shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the New Douglas (zip 62074) area is 75 (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.