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What's Good
•Just 3 percent of pregnant women in Dallas admit to smoking during pregnancy, the 4th lowest rate in our survey. Nationwide, 8 percent of pregnant women smoke.
•State laws require health insurance companies to provide or offer at least some coverage for fertility-related services.
•Texas stands out in a measure of legislation related to cord blood education, research and related issues.
•Day-care centers in Dallas are required by state law to meet special requirements aimed at reducing the risk of SIDS. Many cities and states have less-stringent or no SIDS-prevention programs for day-cares.
Needs Improvement
•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 things.
•Dallas has 21 midwives for every 1,000 births, the 9th lowest in our survey. The national average is 37 midwives for every 1,000 births.
•Texas devotes less money relative to population than most states to child car-seat-check stations.
•Dallas has a 24 percent higher property crime rate than average, the 8th highest in our survey.
•Pedestrians have an 8 percent higher than average risk of being killed by a motor vehicle here-among the most dangerous in our survey.
