MA is 8th Best State to Have a Baby

To give expectant parents an idea of the delivery costs, health-care accessibility and baby-friendliness of each state, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 17 key metrics. Our data set ranges from “hospital Caesarean-delivery charges” to “annual average infant-care costs” to “number of pediatricians per capita.”

Having a Baby in Massachusetts (1=Best; 25=Avg.)

• 17^th – Hospital Cesarean-Delivery Charges
• 23^rd – Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges
• 3^rd – Infant-Mortality Rate
• 19^th – Rate of Low Birth-Weight
• 9^th – Number of Midwives & OB-GYNs per Capita
• 2^nd – Number of Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita
• 23^rd – Number of Child-Care Centers per Capita
• 16^th – ‘Parental Leave Policy’ Score

Full study here.