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Percentage of Mothers Beginning Prenatal Care in the First Trimester, 2006

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 Prenatal Care
United States83.2%1
Alabama81.7%
Alaska81.1%
Arizona77.7%
Arkansas79.5%
California85.9%
Colorado79.7%
Connecticut85.8%
Delaware75.9%
District of Columbia78.9%
Florida69.9%
Georgia83.3%
Hawaii81.8%
Idaho71.5%
Illinois86.2%
Indiana79.0%
Iowa86.4%
Kansas75.2%
Kentucky73.2%
Louisiana87.0%
Maine87.7%
Maryland81.7%
Massachusetts88.6%
Michigan85.4%
Minnesota86.5%
Mississippi83.2%
Missouri87.2%
Montana83.7%
Nebraska75.4%
Nevada71.5%
New Hampshire80.9%
New Jersey77.6%
New Mexico74.7%
New York76.1%2
North Carolina82.6%
North Dakota74.7%
Ohio72.9%
Oklahoma75.6%
Oregon79.2%
Pennsylvania71.8%
Rhode Island84.5%
South Carolina66.7%
South Dakota70.5%
Tennessee67.6%
Texas61.6%
Utah80.2%
Vermont83.8%
Virginia84.2%
Washington70.3%
West Virginia82.8%
Wisconsin84.5%
Wyoming72.4%
Guam63.2%
Puerto Rico74.9%
Virgin Islands67.1%
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Notes: 

Data are for 2006.
Data for Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico, are based on the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth.

Data for all other states are based on the 1989 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth.

Prenatal care data based on the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth are not comparable with those based on the 1989 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth.

Sources: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. Accessed 1/7/2009.

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Footnotes: 
  1. U.S. total excludes the territories and the states with data based on the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. The U.S. total for the 18 states with data based on the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth is 69.0.
  2. New York data exclude New York City; data for New York City are based on the 1989 Revision of the U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. The percent of mothers beginning care in the first trimester in New York City is 79.9.


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