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What's Good
- Las Vegas has more fertility doctors than most cities, measured relative to population.
- Relative to population, Las Vegas has more specialty retailers of healthy/organic foods and vitamins than most places in our survey.
Needs Improvement
- State laws require less-stringent day-care worker checks than most.
- 7 percent of pregnant women here receive late or inadequate prenatal care. That's the 9th worst score in our survey.
- Just 3.6 percent of births statewide are attended by midwives. That's 52 percent less than average.
- Nevada lacks the progressive family leave and disability laws that some states have.
- Housing is expensive here: Compared to other cities, families are less likely than average to be able to afford a median-priced home, even when they earn the median income.
- Relative to the number of live births per year, Las Vegas has 81 percent fewer doulas than average--that figure is the 5th lowest in our survey.
- Las Vegas has relatively few NICU beds, 60 percent less than average, 5th lowest in our survey.
- Nevada has among the least generous family-leave and disability laws in our survey, impacting affordability for young families.
- Expecting and new moms have few parks: Las Vegas has 67 percent fewer public parks than average, relative to population.
- Breastfeeding support is very hard to find: Compared to the number of babies born, Las Vegas has 87 percent fewer lactation consultants than average. That's the 2nd lowest ratio in our survey.
- There are just 3 licensed day care centers for every 1,000 children under 4 years. That's 51 percent less than average.
- Las Vegas has only 4 licensed home day cares for every 1,000 children under 4 years, the lowest in our survey.
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