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What's Good
- Women in Dallas are 66 percent less likely than average to smoke during pregnancy. That's the 5th lowest rate in our survey. Nationwide, about 1 out of every 12 pregnant women smokes.
- State laws require health insurance companies to provide or offer at least some coverage for fertility-related services.
- Housing is more affordable than in most cities.
Needs Improvement
- Texas devotes less money relative to population than most states to child car-seat-check stations.
- 30 percent of babies in Texas are born via Cesarean section. That rate is 12 percent more than average, and among the highest in our survey.
- Air quality here is worse than most cities in our survey. Air quality has been linked to childhood asthma and fertility rates, among other health effects.
- Dallas has fewer OB-GYNs than average, the 5th lowest in our survey.
- Pedestrians have a 104 percent higher than average risk of being killed by a motor vehicle--the most dangerous in our survey.
- Dallas has a 31 percent higher property crime rate than average, the 6th highest in our survey.
