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Health and sanitation rankings Calgary ranks as the world’s top city for health and sanitation, according to the survey. The Canadian city scores 121 and rates just above Honolulu, which takes second place with a score of 120. Helsinki and Ottawa follow closely in the rankings with scores of 119.5 and 118.5, respectively. Scores are based on the quality and availability of hospital and medical supplies and levels of air pollution and infectious disease. The efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems, water potability and harmful animals and insects are also taken into account. “The top cities for health and sanitation have a combination of excellent hospital services and medical supplies and low levels of air pollution and infectious disease,” said Slagin Parakatil, Senior Researcher at Mercer. “Most of the low-scoring cities are in developing countries which have insufficient resources and infrastructure for good sanitation.” The lowest ranking city for health supplies and sanitation is Baku in Azerbaijan, which scores just 25.5. Hospitals and medical services are in short supply and the infrastructure for waste removal is poor. Other low-ranking cities include Antananarivo in Madagascar, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Brazzaville in Congo, which score 26, 29 and 32 respectively. http://www.finfacts.com/qualityoflife.htm |
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