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Prenatal Care
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Early Prenatal Care.
Women living in cities with a population of over 100,000
are less likely to begin prenatal care in the first 3 months
of pregnancy than women nationwide. The gap in early entry
into prenatal care between urban women and the Nation as
a whole has narrowed since 1991. In 2004, 83.2 percent of
pregnant women living in cities in 41 States, Washington
DC, and New York City began prenatal care in the first trimester
of pregnancy, compared to 83.9 percent of the overall population
in the reporting jurisdictions. The percentage of women
receiving prenatal care has increased steadily in the past
decade at both the city and nationwide levels. The Healthy
People 2010 objective is for 90 percent of pregnant women
to begin prenatal care in the first trimester.
Late or No Prenatal Care. In
2004, 3.8 percent of pregnant women living in U.S. cities
with a population over 100,000 in 41 States, Washington
DC, and New York City either began prenatal care in the
third trimester or received no prenatal care. The percentage
of women receiving late or no prenatal care is 6 percent
higher among women living in cities than among the overall
population in the 41 reporting jurisdictions.
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Line chart: Pregnant Women Receiving First
Trimester Prenatal Care in U.S. Cities with Populations
Over 100,000: 1990-2004
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Line Chart: Pregnant Women Receiving Late
or No Prenatal Care in U.S. Cities with Populations Over
100,000: 1990-2004
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Child Health USA 2006 is not copyrighted. Readers are free to duplicate and use all or part of the information contained on this page. Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Child Health USA 2006. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006. |