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Table 61c
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, by education, United States, 2003
    Total Less than high schoola High school graduatea At least some collegea
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 84.1 0.0 72.3 0.1 82.8 0.0 91.7 0.0
Age 20-24 79.0 0.0 70.9 0.1 80.1 0.1 85.4 0.1
25-29 86.5 0.0 73.4 0.1 84.2 0.1 91.8 0.0
30-34 89.9 0.0 74.3 0.1 85.8 0.1 93.7 0.0
35 and over 89.0 0.0 72.6 0.2 84.5 0.1 93.0 0.0
Race AI/AN 70.8 0.2 63.3 0.6 71.8 0.4 80.8 0.4
API 85.4 0.1 73.2 0.3 80.0 0.2 90.1 0.1
Black 75.9 0.1 66.9 0.2 75.6 0.1 85.0 0.1
White 85.7 0.0 73.4 0.1 84.9 0.0 92.9 0.0
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 77.5 0.0 72.8 0.1 81.1 0.1 87.8 0.1
Non-Hispanic, all races 86.1 0.0 71.9 0.1 83.4 0.0 92.2 0.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 75.9 0.1 66.8 0.2 75.6 0.1 85.1 0.1
Non-Hispanic, White 89.0 0.0 74.4 0.1 86.4 0.0 93.6 0.0

a Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

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