Rochester Voice 9:42 a.m.
Thursday, August 29, 2024 9:43 am

With the average conventional birth costing over $2,600 for mothers with insurance and nearly $15,000 for mothers without insurance, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2024's Best and Worst States to Have a Baby.

WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key measures of cost, health care accessibility and baby-friendliness. The data set ranges from conventional-delivery charges at hospitals to average annual infant-care costs to the number of pediatricians per capita.

Having a Baby in New Hampshire (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

• Overall Rank: 5^th
• 2^nd - Hospital Cesarean-Delivery Charges
• 1^st - Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges
• 2^nd - Infant Mortality Rate
• 1^st - Rate of Low Birth-Weight
• 9^th - Midwives & OB-GYNs per Capita
• 25^th - Pediatricians & Family Medicine Physicians per Capita
• 25^th - Child-Care Centers per Capita
• 27^th - Parental-Leave Policy Score

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-to-have-a-baby/6513