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WHAT'S What
Quality of Life
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Greater St. Louis is a safe place to live and raise a family. Crime
has steadily been declining since 1991. Overall crime rate is 23.8
percent below the average of other major metropolitan areas.*
| Overall
crime rate: |
4,626
per 100,000 residents
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| Property
crime rate: |
4,028
per 100,000 residents
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| Violent
crime rate: |
580
per 100,000 residents
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Source: East-West Gateway Coordinating Council (based on FBI 2000
Uniform Crime Reports), 2002. *Rates based on 28 reporting major
metropolitan areas.
St. Louisans enjoy the changes of a four-season climate without
the undue hardships of prolonged periods of extreme high or low
temperatures. Winters are seldom severe.
NORMAL TEMPERATURE:
| January: |
daily
minimum 20.8°
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| July: |
daily
maximum 89.3°
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AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS:
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temperature above 90°: |
41
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| with
temperature below 32°: |
96
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| Clear
days: |
101
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PRECIPITATION:
| Normal
rainfall per year: |
37.51
inches |
| Normal
snowfall per year: |
19.6
inches |
St. Louis is a leading medical center with more than 50 hospitals
and two outstanding medical schools.
Nearly 60,000 people employed at hospitals.
Over 6,000 physicians and surgeons.
- Barnes-Jewish
Hospital was named one of the 15 elite hospitals in the
nation, ranking 7th. In terms of specialties, Barnes-Jewish
Hospital rated well in cancer (24), digestive disorders
(12), ear, nose and throat (13), eyes (10), geriatrics
(20), gynecology (26), heart (10), hormonal disorders
(10), neurology and neurosurgery (7), orthopedics (23),
psychiatry (20), respiratory disorders (4), rheumatology
(14) and urology (6).
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St. Luke’s Hospital was named one of the best hospitals
ranking in the top 50 in geriatrics (42).
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Saint Louis University Hospital was named one of the best
hospitals ranking in the top 50 in digestive disorders
(31), ear, nose, and throat (43), geriatrics (9), heart
(33), hormonal disorders (31), kidney disease (36).
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Sources: U.S.
News & World Report. America’s Best Hospitals, 2002. Missouri Department
of Labor and Industrial Relations, 2001.
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