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Health Care

A Maryland location provides access to world-renowned health care resources.
  • The state is home to 47 acute care hospitals, including the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the top-rated hospital in the nation.
  • The University of Maryland Medical System is home to the nation's first Shock Trauma Center, with affiliated shock trauma units around the state. 
  • Maryland ranks second in the country in physicians per 100,000 population, with over 22,000 doctors statewide.

Additional quality of life data for states, Maryland counties and major metro areas can be found in the Comparisons Tool.