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.)
- 17th – Hospital Cesarean-Delivery Charges
- 23rd – Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges
- 3rd – Infant-Mortality Rate
- 19th – Rate of Low Birth-Weight
- 9th – Number of Midwives & OB-GYNs per Capita
- 2nd – Number of Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita
- 23rd – Number of Child-Care Centers per Capita
- 16th – ‘Parental Leave Policy’ Score
| 1 | Vermont | ||||
| 2 | Maine | ||||
| 3 | Connecticut | ||||
| 4 | Minnesota | ||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | ||||
| 6 | Hawaii | ||||
| 7 | Oregon | ||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | ||||
| 9 | North Dakota | ||||
| 10 | Washington |
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