2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.61a

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Table 1.61a
Percent of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, United States, 1998 and 2002

		2002			1998
Population group		Number	Percent^a	Standard error	Number	Percent^a	Standard error

Total		3,301,186	83.7	0.0	3,174,194	82.8	0.0

Mother's age	0-14	3,396	48.2	0.6	4,329	47.8	0.5
	15-19	290,790	70.0	0.1	321,931	68.5	0.1
	20-24	786,656	78.6	0.0	727,391	77.6	0.0
	25-29	898,647	86.3	0.0	911,612	86.4	0.0
	30-34	839,344	89.8	0.0	774,029	89.4	0.0
	35 and over	482,353	88.7	0.0	434,902	88.0	0.0

Mother's race	American Indian or Alaska Native	28,833	69.8	0.2	26,751	68.8	0.2
	Asian or Pacific Islander	174,153	84.8	0.1	137,662	83.1	0.1
	Asian	112,000	86.9	0.1	88,610	85.8	0.1
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6,675	76.1	0.5	5,913	75.3	0.5
	Black	434,083	75.2	0.1	428,102	73.3	0.1
	White	2,664,117	85.4	0.0	2,581,679	84.8	0.0

Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	657,240	76.7	0.0	526,798	74.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	2,625,173	85.7	0.0	2,611,084	84.8	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	423,012	75.2	0.1	416,966	73.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	2,006,365	88.6	0.0	2,035,753	87.9	0.0

Mother's education (age 20 and over)	Less than high school	417,934	71.6	0.1	366,739	69.8	0.1
	High school graduate	882,100	82.7	0.0	889,591	82.5	0.0
	At least some college	1,677,021	91.6	0.0	1,561,084	91.4	0.0

^a Includes only those with liveborn infants.

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