Prenatal care,
race of mother,
and Hispanic origin of mother |
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
|
| Prenatal care
began during 1st trimester |
Percent of live
births1 |
|
| All mothers |
68.0 |
72.4 |
76.3 |
76.5 |
76.2 |
75.9 |
76.0 |
75.9 |
75.5 |
75.8 |
76.2 |
77.7 |
78.9 |
|
| White |
72.3 |
75.8 |
79.2 |
79.6 |
79.3 |
79.1 |
79.3 |
79.3 |
78.9 |
79.2 |
79.5 |
80.8 |
81.8 |
| Black |
44.2 |
55.5 |
62.4 |
61.9 |
61.5 |
61.2 |
60.8 |
60.7 |
60.0 |
60.6 |
61.9 |
63.9 |
66.0 |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native
|
38.2 |
45.4 |
55.8 |
57.4 |
57.5 |
58.2 |
57.6 |
58.1 |
57.9 |
57.9 |
59.9 |
62.1 |
63.4 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander
|
- - - |
- - - |
73.7 |
74.7 |
74.1 |
74.9 |
75.0 |
75.5 |
74.8 |
75.1 |
75.3 |
76.6 |
77.6 |
|
Chinese |
71.8 |
76.7 |
82.6 |
81.5 |
82.0 |
82.2 |
81.5 |
82.3 |
81.5 |
81.3 |
82.3 |
83.8 |
84.6 |
|
Japanese |
78.1 |
82.7 |
86.1 |
87.0 |
84.7 |
85.7 |
86.6 |
86.3 |
86.2 |
87.0 |
87.7 |
88.2 |
87.2 |
|
Filipino |
60.6 |
70.6 |
77.3 |
77.8 |
76.5 |
78.2 |
77.9 |
78.4 |
77.6 |
77.1 |
77.1 |
78.7 |
79.3 |
|
Hawaiian and part Hawaiian |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
66.8 |
65.8 |
68.1 |
69.9 |
70.6 |
|
Other Asian or Pacific Islander
|
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
71.1 |
71.9 |
71.9 |
72.8 |
74.4 |
|
| Hispanic origin (selected States)2,3
|
- - - |
- - - |
60.2 |
61.5 |
61.2 |
60.3 |
61.0 |
61.3 |
59.5 |
60.2 |
61.0 |
64.2 |
66.6 |
|
Mexican American |
- - - |
- - - |
59.6 |
60.4 |
60.0 |
58.9 |
60.0 |
58.3 |
56.7 |
57.8 |
58.7 |
62.1 |
64.8 |
|
Puerto Rican |
- - - |
- - - |
55.1 |
57.4 |
58.3 |
57.2 |
57.4 |
63.2 |
62.7 |
63.5 |
65.0 |
67.8 |
70.0 |
|
Cuban |
- - - |
- - - |
82.7 |
82.2 |
82.5 |
81.8 |
83.1 |
83.4 |
83.2 |
84.8 |
85.4 |
86.8 |
88.9 |
|
Central and South American |
- - - |
- - - |
58.8 |
61.1 |
60.6 |
58.8 |
59.1 |
62.8 |
60.8 |
61.5 |
63.4 |
66.8 |
68.7 |
|
Other and unknown Hispanic |
- - - |
- - - |
66.4 |
66.7 |
65.8 |
66.6 |
65.5 |
67.3 |
66.0 |
66.4 |
65.6 |
68.0 |
70.0 |
| White, non-Hispanic (selected
States)2 |
- - - |
- - - |
81.2 |
81.6 |
81.4 |
81.5 |
81.7 |
81.8 |
82.7 |
83.3 |
83.7 |
84.9 |
85.6 |
| Black, non-Hispanic (selected
States)2 |
- - - |
- - - |
60.7 |
60.6 |
60.1 |
60.1 |
60.0 |
60.4 |
59.9 |
60.7 |
61.9 |
64.0 |
66.1 |
|
Prenatal care
began during
3d trimester or no prenatal care |
|
| All mothers |
7.9 |
6.0 |
5.1 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
5.8 |
5.2 |
4.8 |
|
| White |
6.3 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
| Black |
16.6 |
10.5 |
8.9 |
9.7 |
10.2 |
10.7 |
11.2 |
11.0 |
11.9 |
11.3 |
10.7 |
9.9 |
9.0 |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native
|
28.9 |
22.4 |
15.2 |
13.8 |
12.9 |
12.9 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
13.4 |
12.9 |
12.2 |
11.0 |
10.3 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander
|
- - - |
- - - |
6.5 |
6.4 |
6.5 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
|
Chinese |
6.5 |
4.4 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Japanese |
4.1 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
|
Filipino |
7.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
|
Hawaiian and part Hawaiian |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
8.7 |
8.7 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
|
Other Asian or Pacific Islander
|
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
7.5 |
7.1 |
6.8 |
5.9 |
5.4 |
|
| Hispanic origin (selected States)2,3
|
- - - |
- - - |
12.0 |
12.6 |
12.4 |
13.0 |
12.7 |
12.1 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
9.5 |
8.8 |
|
Mexican American |
- - - |
- - - |
11.8 |
13.0 |
12.9 |
13.4 |
13.0 |
13.9 |
14.6 |
13.2 |
12.2 |
10.5 |
9.7 |
|
Puerto Rican |
- - - |
- - - |
16.2 |
16.3 |
15.5 |
17.4 |
17.1 |
10.2 |
11.3 |
10.6 |
9.1 |
8.0 |
7.1 |
|
Cuban |
- - - |
- - - |
3.9 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
|
Central and South American |
- - - |
- - - |
13.1 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
13.8 |
13.5 |
9.9 |
11.9 |
10.9 |
9.5 |
7.9 |
7.3 |
|
Other and unknown Hispanic |
- - - |
- - - |
9.2 |
9.1 |
9.4 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
8.8 |
9.3 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
| White, non-Hispanic (selected
States)2 |
- - - |
- - - |
3.5 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
| Black, non-Hispanic (selected
States)2 |
- - - |
- - - |
9.7 |
10.6 |
10.9 |
11.4 |
11.8 |
11.0 |
12.0 |
11.2 |
10.7 |
9.8 |
9.0 |
|
| - - - Data not available. |
|
| 1 Excludes live births for whom trimester
prenatal care began is unknown. |
| 2 Trend data for Hispanics and non-Hispanics
are affected by expansion of the reporting area for an Hispanic-origin item
on the birth certificate and by immigration. These two factors affect numbers
of events, composition of the Hispanic population, and maternal and infant health
characteristics. The number of States in the reporting area increased from 22
in 1980, to 23 and the District of Columbia (DC) in 1983-87, 30 and DC in 1988,
47 and DC in 1989, 48 and DC in 1990, 49 and DC in 1991-92, and 50 and DC in
1993 (see Appendix I, National Vital Statistics System). |
| 3 Includes mothers of all races.
|
|
| NOTES: Data for 1970 and 1975 exclude births
that occurred in States not reporting prenatal care (see Appendix I). The race
groups, white and black, include persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin.
Conversely, persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. |
|
| SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Health Statistics. Data computed by the Division of Health
and Utilization Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
|
