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16-6. Prenatal care

Prenatal Care

NO CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE
16-6. Increase the proportion of pregnant women who receive early and adequate prenatal care.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Maternal Prenatal Care 1998
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent of Live Births
16-6a. Care beginning in first trimester of pregnancy 83 90
16-6b. Early and adequate prenatal care 74 90
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.

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