The small, rural community of 88028 Cliff, NM has limited access to healthcare services and resources. The nearest hospital is located in the nearby town of Silver City, over an hour away from Cliff. Although there are a few local medical facilities in the area which offer primary healthcare services, they tend to be limited due to their geographic location. Some of these include clinics providing general family medicine and pediatric care as well as a handful of dentists and optometrists. Despite the lack of a fully equipped hospital in its vicinity, residents in 88028 Cliff, NM can still access quality health care from these local medical facilities as their staff are highly trained and qualified professionals who have dedicated themselves to meeting the needs of their patients with compassion and respect.
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 Cliff (zip 88028). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Cliff (zip 88028) 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 Cliff (zip 88028) 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 Cliff (zip 88028) 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 Cliff (zip 88028) 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 Cliff (zip 88028) 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.