Portland: Best City to Have a Baby
Tom Miller
- First Annual Report Hits Newsstands January 25th -
- Portland, Oregon Takes Top Honors -
Report answers what makes a city great for pregnant women,
new parents and babies
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland takes top honors in Fit
Pregnancy's "Best Cities in America to Have a Baby Report." Boston comes in
at #2, followed by Minneapolis at #3, San Francisco at #4 and Denver at #5.
Also in the Top Ten: Seattle; Omaha; Charlotte; Colorado Springs and
Sacramento.
Fit Pregnancy set out to determine what makes a city great for pregnant
women, new parents and babies, and to commend cities that provide a safe and
healthy environment to have a baby. The magazine examined 47 criteria,
including: fertility services; maternal and infant health risk; access to
hospitals and doctors; safety; affordability; stroller friendliness and
birthing options. The complete list of the "Best Cities in America to Have a
Baby" appears in the February/March issue of Fit Pregnancy, on-sale January
25th.
Fit Pregnancy's team of researchers and experts credit several factors for
Portland's spot as the "Best City in America to Have a Baby," including the
city's low maternal mortality rate, above average number of OB-GYNs, and small
number of low-weight births.
The 20 "Best Cities in America to Have a Baby:"
1. Portland, OR
2. Boston, MA
3. Minneapolis, MN
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Denver, CO
6. Seattle, WA
7. Omaha, NE
8. Charlotte, NC
9. Colorado Springs, CO
10. Sacramento, CA
11. Baltimore, MD
12. San Diego, CA
13. Oakland, CA
14. Cleveland, OH
15. San Jose, CA
16. Columbus, OH
17. Milwaukee, WI
18. Nashville, TN
19. Atlanta, GA
20. Miami, FL
American Media, Inc. is one of the largest media companies in the U.S. and
the leading publisher of celebrity journalism, health and fitness and Spanish
language magazines. These include the all new glossy Celebrity Living magazine,
Star, Shape, Men's Fitness, MPH, Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Flex,
Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health magazines, the largest newsstand Latino
magazines, Mira! and Shape En Espanol. The National Enquirer, the best selling
country music magazine, Country Weekly; and the QUICK! family of digests,
which focuses on the issues of family, finance, food, diet, health, home, pets
and relationships. AMI recently launched its own book division with 10 titles
released to date. In addition to print properties, AMI owns Distribution
Services, Inc., the country's #1 in-store magazine merchandising company.
Posted by Tom Miller on February 1, 2006
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Tom, congratulations to you and Rebecca on your impending family addition. So did these findings cause you to move here, or are you just glad to have your choice affirmed? :-)
Posted by: Chris Smith | Feb 1, 2006 10:35:47 PM