Halchita, UT is a small town located in southeastern Utah. As such, it has limited access to health care services compared to larger cities. However, there are a few local hospitals and medical facilities that provide important health care services to the community. The main hospital in Halchita is the San Juan Regional Medical Center, which provides general medical care for all residents of the town. Other local facilities include two urgent care clinics run by San Juan County Health Services and a rural clinic that specializes in family practice medicine. These clinics and medical centers provide important support to the people of Halchita and their families by providing basic health care needs from preventative treatments to acute illness care. In addition, these health care providers also offer mental health services such as counseling and therapy sessions with licensed professionals. The citizens of Halchita have access to primary healthcare, mental healthcare, and emergency medical services thanks to these local providers.
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 Halchita. The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Halchita 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 Halchita 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 Halchita 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 Halchita 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 Halchita 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.