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Quality of Life
St. Louis is one of the nation’s best cities for health care. Our hospitals are nationally recognized and we have one of the best medical schools in the country. St. Louis hospitals are a magnet, drawing patients from all over the Midwest, particularly in the pediatric and cancer treatment specialties.
• St. Louis has over 30 hospitals, with over 10,000 hospital beds.
• The St. Louis health care industry employs over 60,000 people.
ST. LOUIS HEALTH CARE HONOR ROLL:
• Barnes Jewish Hospital was ranked the 8th best hospital in the 2004 U.S. News & World Report annual Best Hospitals issue.
• St. Louis Children’s Hospital was recognized by Child Magazine as having the 6th best children’s hospital in the nation.
• SSM Healthcare, which operates six hospitals in the St. Louis region, won the first ever Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award issued to a health care organization in 2002.
• U.S. News & World Report rated the Washington University School of Medicine the 2nd best medical school in the nation in 2004.
• The Siteman Cancer Center, part of BJC, is one of only 15 National Cancer Institute Clinical Cancer Centers.
St. Louisans enjoy the change of a four-season climate without the undue hardships of prolonged periods of extreme high or low temperatures. Winters are seldom severe.
TEMPERATURE
| January |
Daily minimum 20.4 degrees |
| July |
Daily maximum 89.1 degrees |
NUMBER OF DAYS
| With temperature above 90 degrees |
34 |
| With temperature below 32 degrees |
87 |
PRECIPITATION
| Rainfall |
46.06 inches |
| Snowfall |
23.5 inches |
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2003 Averages. |
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