Franklin, OH is a small city located in Warren County with an estimated population of 13,000 people. The city has access to several local hospitals and medical facilities to provide health care services for its residents. Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital offers a wide range of services including medical and surgical care, physical therapy, emergency services, cancer treatment, radiology imaging, cardiovascular care, and laboratory testing. A second hospital, Atrium Medical Center provides acute care services as well as primary care clinics and specialty clinics that offer a variety of treatments for patients. Other healthcare facilities in the area include specialty centers such as Cincinnati Children's at Liberty Health Care Center which offers primary care for kids ages 0-18; Kindred Hospice which provides end-of-life care; St. Elizabeth Physicians which offers family medicine and other specialized medical services; and Kettering Physician Network Urgent Care which offers fast access to treatment for illnesses or injuries that are not life threatening emergencies. With these various options available to residents of Franklin, OH they are able to receive quality health care close to home.
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 Franklin (zip 45005). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Franklin (zip 45005) 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 Franklin (zip 45005) 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 Franklin (zip 45005) 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 Franklin (zip 45005) 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 Franklin (zip 45005) 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.