2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.72a

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Table 1.72a
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester,^a United States, 1998 and 2004

Population group		2004			1998
Population group		Number	Percent^b	Standard error	Number	Percent^b	Standard error
Mother's age	0-14	2,631	49.2	0.7	4,329	47.8	0.5
	15-19	232,334	70.9	0.1	321,931	68.5	0.1
	20-24	643,157	79.0	0.0	727,391	77.6	0.0
	25-29	750,451	86.2	0.0	911,612	86.4	0.0
	30-34	675,738	89.5	0.0	774,029	89.4	0.0
	35 and over	403,231	88.7	0.0	434,902	88.0	0.0
Mother's race	American Indian/Alaska Native	26,742	69.9	0.2	26,751	68.8	0.2
	Asian/Pacific Islander	165,085	85.6	0.1	137,662	83.1	0.1
	Black	354,345	76.4	0.1	428,102	73.3	0.1
	White	2,161,370	85.4	0.0	2,581,679	84.8	0.0
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	626,558	77.5	0.0	526,798	74.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	2,060,972	86.1	0.0	2,611,084	84.8	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	338,807	76.5	0.1	416,966	73.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	1,538,106	88.9	0.0	2,035,753	87.9	0.0
Mother's education, age 20 and over	Less than high school	371,050	73.0	0.1	366,739	69.8	0.1
	High school graduate	687,698	82.4	0.0	889,591	82.5	0.0
	At least some college	1,385,813	91.5	0.0	1,561,084	91.4	0.0
Residence location^c	Large central metro	918,867	83.7	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	634,482	86.6	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	509,181	83.6	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	249,349	82.6	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	241,666	81.6	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	153,997	81.2	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a The 2004 data exclude FL, ID , KY, NH, NY (not including New York City), PA, SC, TN, and WA, which have implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S. Standard Birth Certificate.

^b Includes only those with liveborn infants.

^c For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics system - Natality.