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Table 70c
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, by education, United States, 2004
Population group Total Less than high schoola High school graduatea At least some collegea
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   83.9 0.0 73.0 0.1 82.4 0.0 91.5 0.0
Mother's age 20-24 79.0 0.0 71.5 0.1 79.8 0.1 85.4 0.1
25-29 86.2 0.0 73.9 0.1 83.9 0.1 91.6 0.0
30-34 89.5 0.0 75.1 0.1 85.1 0.1 93.5 0.0
35 and over 88.7 0.0 73.5 0.2 83.5 0.1 92.8 0.0
Mother's race AI/AN 69.9 0.2 60.4 0.6 69.9 0.4 80.9 0.4
API 85.6 0.1 73.6 0.4 79.4 0.2 90.2 0.1
Black 76.4 0.1 67.8 0.2 76.0 0.1 84.9 0.1
White 85.4 0.0 74.0 0.1 84.3 0.0 92.7 0.0
Mother's ethnicity Hispanic, all races 77.5 0.0 73.9 0.1 80.5 0.1 87.2 0.1
Non-Hispanic, all races 86.1 0.0 71.7 0.1 83.0 0.0 92.0 0.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 76.5 0.1 67.9 0.2 76.1 0.1 85.0 0.1
Non-Hispanic, White 88.9 0.0 73.9 0.1 86.0 0.1 93.5 0.0
Residence locationb Large central metro 83.7 0.0 76.2 0.1 82.0 0.1 91.4 0.0
Large fringe metro 86.6 0.0 72.0 0.2 83.6 0.1 92.8 0.0
Medium metro 83.6 0.0 71.9 0.1 82.5 0.1 91.3 0.1
Small metro 82.6 0.1 69.1 0.2 82.2 0.1 90.6 0.1
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 81.6 0.1 68.6 0.2 81.6 0.1 90.1 0.1
Noncore (nonmetro) 81.2 0.1 67.8 0.3 81.8 0.2 89.4 0.1

a Education data are for persons age 20 and over. Data exclude ID, FL, 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 For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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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