Fort Dodge, IA, Zip Code 50501 is a rural community with a population of around 25,000 people. Health care in the area is provided by a number of local hospitals and medical facilities. Trinity Regional Medical Center is the largest hospital in Fort Dodge offering both inpatient and outpatient care to both adults and children. UnityPoint Health-Trinity serves as an additional provider of medical care within the city limits. Other medical providers in Fort Dodge include Trinity Family Medicine Clinic, Rockwell City Family Practice, and Clarke County Hospital Family Practice Clinic. These facilities provide various services such as primary care, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, orthopedics and other specialty services. The providers also offer a variety of health education programs that help to promote healthy lifestyles for its residents. In addition to these services, there are various pharmacies located throughout the city that provide medications for those who need them. The City of Fort Dodge also helps to ensure that its residents have access to quality health care through its public health initiatives and programs.
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 Fort Dodge (zip 50501). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Fort Dodge (zip 50501) 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 Fort Dodge (zip 50501) 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 Fort Dodge (zip 50501) 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 Fort Dodge (zip 50501) commutes Unlock 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 Fort Dodge (zip 50501) 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.