2021 Birth Injury Lawyers Group report ranks North Dakota best for childbirth, Mississippi worst.

Birth Injury Lawyers Group's report ranks North Dakota as the best US state for childbirth, due to low infant and maternal mortality rates, affordable healthcare, and low childbearing costs. Mississippi was ranked worst, with high infant and maternal mortality rates, expensive healthcare, and high childcare costs. The report analyzed nine criteria including infant and maternal mortality rates, healthcare costs, and childcare expenses.