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What's Good
- Colorado Springs violent crime rate is 51 percent lower than average, the 5th lowest in our survey, in fact.
- Relative to population, Colorado Springs has more specialty retailers of healthy/organic foods and vitamins than most places in our survey.
- Colorado Springs has 199 miles of stroller-friendly trails and public pathways, according to our survey of parks departments. In a per capita comparison, that's 402 percent more than the average city in our survey (highest overall relative to population).
- State laws require stringent background checks for day-care workers.
- There's 164 percent more public park space than average here, relative to population.
- There are 10 licensed day care centers for every 1,000 children under 4 years. That's 52 percent more than average.
- Colorado devotes more money relative to population than most states to child car-seat-check stations.
- 22 percent of babies in Colorado are born via Cesarean section. That rate is 18 percent less than average, and among the lowest in our survey.
- Pedestrians have a 54 percent lower than average risk of being killed by a motor vehicle--among the safest in our survey.
- 12.5 percent of births statewide are attended by midwives. That's 66 percent more than average.
- Air quality here is better here than most cities in our survey. Air quality has been linked to childhood asthma and fertility rates, among other health effects.
- There are 30 percent more fertility clinics per capita here than average-- the 6th highest in our survey.
- 19.3 percent of Colorado Springs mothers breastfeed their babies exclusively (meaning no solids, formula or other liquids) for 6 months or longer as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. That's among the top 42 percent of cities in our survey.
- Expecting and new moms have plenty of parks: Colorado Springs has 54 percent more public parks than average, relative to population.
- Colorado Springs has more OB-GYNs than average, the 9th highest in our survey.
Needs Improvement
- State laws do not require health insurance companies to provide or offer any fertility-related services.
- Colorado Springs babies are 19 percent more likely than average to be born with low birth weight.
- Colorado Springs has a limited number of high-risk pediatricians, 68 percent less than average and the 9th lowest in our survey.
