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What's Good
- According to the Urban Mobility Report from Texas A&M University, Nashville-Davidson has one of the best commutes of any city in our survey, it takes only 18 percent longer to drive the same route during rush hour than in free-flowing traffic. That takes a lot of pressure off parents rushing to day care at the end of the day.
- Compared to the number of babies born, Nashville-Davidson has 11 percent more lactation consultants than average. That's the 9th highest ratio in our survey.
- Hospital costs here are among the lowest in our survey.
- Nashville-Davidson has more OB-GYNs than average - measured relative to population, the highest in our survey.
- Tennessee devotes more money relative to population than most states to child car-seat-check stations.
- There are 10 licensed day care centers for every 1,000 children under 4 years. That's 50 percent more than average.
- There are 20 percent more fertility doctors per capita here than average--the 8th highest ratio in our survey.
Needs Improvement
- State laws do not require health insurance companies to provide or offer any fertility-related services.
- Nashville-Davidson lacks access to fertility clinics that offer advanced reproductive technology, as reported to the CDC.
- State laws require less-stringent day-care worker checks than most.
- By six months of age, 67 percent of Nashville-Davidson babies aren't being breastfed at all. That's the 11th poorest percentage of any city in our report.
- Just 4.4 percent of births statewide are attended by midwives. That's 42 percent less than average.
- Expecting and new moms have few parks: Nashville-Davidson has 46 percent fewer public parks than average, relative to population.
- According to data from the CDC, maternal mortality in Tennessee is especially high.
- Tennessee has among the least generous family-leave and disability laws in our survey.
- Tennessee lacks progressive laws guaranteeing a nursing mother the right to breastfeed in public.
- 9.9 percent of Nashville-Davidson 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 bottom 22 percent of cities in our survey.
- Once Nashville-Davidson mothers begin breastfeeding, they are 18 percent less likely than average to continue through 6 months. That's the 5th lowest level of follow-through of any city in our report.
- Relative to the number of live births per year, Nashville-Davidson has 89 percent fewer doulas than average--that figure is the 3rd lowest in our survey.
- The CDC reports very high infant mortality rates for Tennessee.
- Nashville-Davidson has only 5 licensed home day cares for every 1,000 children under 4 years, the 3rd lowest in our survey.
- Nashville-Davidson's violent crime rate is 64 percent higher than average, the 4th highest in our survey, in fact.
