First Trimester Prenatal Care
Women who have prenatal care beginning in their first trimester of pregnancy (i.e., within the first 12 weeks) tend to stay healthier and have healthier babies. (1) It is particularly important to reach out to certain groups that are less likely to receive adequate prenatal care, including young women (particularly those age 15 and younger), poor women, women living in rural areas, women with lower education levels, and women in certain racial and ethnic groups. (2)
What percentage of pregnant women receive prenatal care in the first trimester?
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal that at least 90 percent of all pregnant women receive prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy [Healthy People 2010, Objective 16-6a].
Data Source: First Trimester Prenatal Care (%), 2003
EXPLANATION:
This measure is the percentage of mothers who reported on their child’s birth certificate that they received prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy.
SOURCE:
Joyce A. Martin and others, "Births: Final Data for 2003," National Vital Statistics Report 54 (September 8, 2005), Table 34. Prenatal care data for Pennsylvania and Washington are based on the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. Prenatal care data for the remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia are based on the 1989 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. Data based on the two different Revisions of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth are not comparable. The national number includes the 48 states and the District of Columbia which use the 1989 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. Pennsylvania and Washington are not graded or ranked as their data are not comparable to that of the other 48 states and the District of Columbia. Data for American Indian/Alaskan Native (all) and Asian/Pacific Islander (all) come from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Office on Women’s Health Quick Health Data Online, available at http://www.womenshealth.gov/quickhealthdata.
| ALABAMA |
83.8% |
U |
28 |
| ALASKA |
79.8% |
F |
41 |
| ARIZONA |
76.6% |
F |
46 |
| ARKANSAS |
81.3% |
U |
36 |
| CALIFORNIA |
87.3% |
S- |
11 |
| COLORADO |
79.3% |
F |
42 |
| CONNECTICUT |
88.7% |
S- |
6 |
| DELAWARE |
84.4% |
U |
24 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
76.1% |
F |
47 |
| FLORIDA |
85.8% |
S- |
17 |
| GEORGIA |
84.0% |
U |
27 |
| HAWAII |
82.4% |
U |
32 |
| IDAHO |
81.4% |
U |
35 |
| ILLINOIS |
85.4% |
S- |
19 |
| INDIANA |
81.5% |
U |
34 |
| IOWA |
88.9% |
S- |
5 |
| KANSAS |
87.8% |
S- |
8 |
| KENTUCKY |
87.0% |
S- |
13 |
| LOUISIANA |
84.1% |
U |
26 |
| MAINE |
87.5% |
S- |
10 |
| MARYLAND |
83.7% |
U |
29 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
90.0% |
S |
4 |
| MICHIGAN |
86.1% |
S- |
16 |
| MINNESOTA |
86.5% |
S- |
14 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
84.9% |
S- |
21 |
| MISSOURI |
88.4% |
S- |
7 |
| MONTANA |
84.4% |
U |
24 |
| NEBRASKA |
83.4% |
U |
30 |
| NEVADA |
75.8% |
F |
48 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
92.8% |
S |
1 |
| NEW JERSEY |
80.2% |
F |
40 |
| NEW MEXICO |
68.9% |
F |
49 |
| NEW YORK |
82.4% |
U |
32 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
84.5% |
U |
23 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
87.3% |
S- |
11 |
| OHIO |
87.7% |
S- |
9 |
| OKLAHOMA |
77.8% |
F |
44 |
| OREGON |
81.2% |
U |
37 |
| PENNSYLVANIA (1) |
76.0% |
|
|
| RHODE ISLAND |
90.9% |
S |
2 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
77.5% |
F |
45 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
78.4% |
F |
43 |
| TENNESSEE |
83.4% |
U |
30 |
| TEXAS |
80.9% |
U |
38 |
| UTAH |
80.3% |
F |
39 |
| VERMONT |
90.6% |
S |
3 |
| VIRGINIA |
85.3% |
S- |
20 |
| WASHINGTON (2) |
74.0% |
|
|
| WEST VIRGINIA |
85.8% |
S- |
17 |
| WISCONSIN |
84.9% |
S- |
21 |
| WYOMING |
86.4% |
S- |
15 |
| |
| S (Satisfactory): |
4 |
|
| S- (Satisfactory Minus): |
18 |
|
| U (Unsatisfactory): |
16 |
|
| F (Fail): |
11 |
|