Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Health===
Knox County's hospital system contains over 2,600 licensed beds in seven general use hospitals and one children's hospital.<ref name=mpcfacts/> The city's largest hospital as of 2011 was the [[University of Tennessee Medical Center]], which had 581 beds, followed by [[Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center]] (541), Parkwest Medical Center (462), and Physicians Regional (370).<ref>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=18654 East Tennessee Hospitals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406121028/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=18654 |date=April 6, 2012 }}, Knoxville Book of Lists (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 24, 2012.</ref> The city's largest ambulatory surgery center was the Parkwest Surgery Center, which employed 58 physicians and 35 nurses, followed by the Fort Sanders West Outpatient Surgery Center and the St. Mary's Ambulatory Surgery Center South.<ref>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=15122 Knoxville-Area Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Centers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309180217/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=15122 |date=March 9, 2012 }}, Knoxville Book of Lists (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 24, 2012.</ref>

2021 County Health Rankings places Knox county at 13th out the 95 counties. Life expectancy was 76.3 years. Health behaviors noted: 19% smokers versus state average of 21%, 29% of the population is obese vs 33% for the state, excessive drinking is 19% vs 17%, drug overdoses 52 per 100,000 with the state at 28 overdoses per 100,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Health Rankings & Roadmaps|url=https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/tennessee/2021/rankings/knox/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot|access-date=August 10, 2021|website=County Health Rankings & Roadmaps|language=en}}</ref>

In the 2010s, Knoxville's air quality continued to greatly improve over that of past decades according to the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2017/12/spotlight-on-success-knoxville.html|title=Spotlight on Success: How Knoxville Dramatically Reduced Ozone Smog and Became a Cleaner, Healthier City|work=American Lung Association|access-date=February 14, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142147/http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2017/12/spotlight-on-success-knoxville.html|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=County Health Rankings & Roadmaps|url=https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/tennessee/2021/rankings/knox/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=County Health Rankings & Roadmaps|language=en}}</ref>