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What's Good
- Mesa's violent crime rate is 49 percent lower than average, the 7th lowest in our survey, in fact.
- Mesa babies are 29 percent less likely than average to be born with low birth weight.
- Arizona stands out in a measure of legislation related to cord blood education, research and related issues.
- State laws require stringent background checks for day-care workers.
- 22 percent of babies in Arizona are born via Cesarean section. That rate is 18 percent less than average, and among the lowest in our survey.
- Arizona devotes more money relative to population than most states to child car-seat-check stations.
- Pedestrians have a 51 percent lower than average risk of being killed by a motor vehicle--among the safest in our survey.
- According to data from the CDC, maternal mortality in Arizona is especially low.
Needs Improvement
- State laws do not require health insurance companies to provide or offer any fertility-related services.
- Mesa lacks access to fertility clinics that offer advanced reproductive technology, as reported to the CDC.
- Arizona has no provisions for dependent related tax breaks.
- Air quality here is worse here than most cities in our survey. Air quality has been linked to childhood asthma and fertility rates, among other health effects.
- Expecting and new moms have few parks: Mesa has 60 percent fewer public parks than average, relative to population.
- Mesa has relatively few NICU beds, 83 percent less than average, 3rd lowest in our survey. Phoenix also came up short in this measure.
- Mesa has just 3 miles of stroller-friendly park trails and pathways, according to our survey of parks departments. In a per capita comparison, that's 94 percent less than the average city in our survey (2nd lowest overall relative to population).
- We couldn't find any high-risk pediatricians in Mesa. Phoenix doesn't have very many, either.
