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Percentage of Mothers Beginning Prenatal Care in the First Trimester by Race/Ethnicity, 2006

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 Non-Hispanic WhiteNon-Hispanic BlackHispanicTotal
United States88.1%176.1%177.3%183.2%1
Alabama88.5%76.0%50.6%81.7%
Alaska85.0%82.9%82.4%81.1%
Arizona86.8%77.9%70.2%77.7%
Arkansas83.0%72.6%69.7%79.5%
California89.8%81.9%83.8%85.9%
Colorado85.7%73.7%69.4%79.7%
Connecticut91.4%75.0%75.1%85.8%
Delaware82.5%73.1%55.5%75.9%
District of Columbia92.2%74.9%67.0%78.9%
Florida76.1%61.0%66.2%69.9%
Georgia89.4%78.9%73.3%83.3%
Hawaii85.2%85.5%82.0%81.8%
Idaho74.5%64.0%58.1%71.5%
Illinois90.7%76.7%82.5%86.2%
Indiana82.8%66.5%64.1%79.0%
Iowa88.5%73.0%71.7%86.4%
Kansas80.5%64.4%55.6%75.2%
Kentucky75.1%64.7%56.1%73.2%
Louisiana92.3%79.9%79.9%87.0%
Maine88.3%69.8%82.5%87.7%
Maryland89.2%76.2%65.0%81.7%
Massachusetts91.4%80.4%81.4%88.6%
Michigan89.5%71.9%78.6%85.4%
Minnesota90.4%74.5%72.1%86.5%
Mississippi89.6%77.3%73.1%83.2%
Missouri89.5%79.2%77.6%87.2%
Montana86.5%86.7%80.2%83.7%
Nebraska78.9%64.9%62.6%75.4%
Nevada79.9%66.3%62.5%71.5%
New Hampshire82.1%64.6%66.0%80.9%
New Jersey87.1%62.4%66.1%77.6%
New Mexico81.4%76.3%74.3%74.7%
New York81.6%260.3%261.0%276.1%2
North Carolina89.8%76.0%67.6%82.6%
North Dakota78.8%64.0%59.8%74.7%
Ohio76.3%58.6%60.3%72.9%
Oklahoma79.5%69.7%64.5%75.6%
Oregon82.4%72.1%70.1%79.2%
Pennsylvania77.2%55.8%55.0%71.8%
Rhode Island90.0%74.2%75.7%84.5%
South Carolina74.1%60.9%45.2%66.7%
South Dakota76.9%45.5%48.1%70.5%
Tennessee74.8%54.3%43.4%67.6%
Texas72.2%53.9%55.2%61.6%
Utah84.1%57.4%66.4%80.2%
Vermont84.4%48.6%78.1%83.8%
Virginia89.7%79.4%69.0%84.2%
Washington74.0%63.7%60.5%70.3%
West Virginia83.5%68.4%76.7%82.8%
Wisconsin88.0%75.5%73.2%84.5%
Wyoming74.6%73.1%63.5%72.4%
Guam87.6%82.9%89.6%63.2%
Puerto Rico70.9%65.1%75.1%74.9%
Virgin Islands75.9%65.8%67.2%67.1%
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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 76.2 for Non-Hispanic whites, 58.4 for Non-Hispanic blacks, 57.7 for Hispanics, and 69.0 total. U.S. total includes races other than white and black and origin not stated.
  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 and are 87.7 for Non-Hispanic whites, 75.0 for Non-Hispanic blacks, 77.9 for Hispanics, and 79.9 total.


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