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Table 6_1_1.2c
Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received prenatal care in the first trimester,a by education, United States, 2005
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percenta SE Percenta SE Percenta SE
Total 83.9 0.0 72.8 0.1 82.0 0.0 91.2 0.0
Mother's age 20–24 78.9 0.0 71.1 0.1 79.6 0.1 85.0 0.1
25–29 86.0 0.0 73.6 0.1 83.3 0.1 91.3 0.0
30–34 89.4 0.0 75.1 0.2 84.7 0.1 93.2 0.0
35 and over 88.7 0.0 73.6 0.2 83.4 0.1 92.6 0.0
Mother's race AI/AN 69.6 0.2 60.3 0.6 69.8 0.4 80.6 0.4
API 85.3 0.1 72.0 0.4 78.8 0.2 90.0 0.1
Black 76.3 0.1 68.1 0.2 76.1 0.1 84.5 0.1
White 85.5 0.0 73.9 0.1 84.0 0.0 92.5 0.0
Mother's ethnicity Hispanic, all races 77.6 0.1 73.9 0.1 80.4 0.1 86.9 0.1
Non-Hispanic, all races 85.8 0.0 71.2 0.1 82.6 0.1 91.7 0.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 76.5 0.1 68.1 0.2 76.0 0.1 84.6 0.1
Non-Hispanic, White 88.7 0.0 73.3 0.1 85.5 0.1 93.2 0.0
Residence locationb Metropolitan 84.4 0.0 73.7 0.1 82.2 0.0 91.5 0.0
  Large central metro 84.0 0.0 76.7 0.1 81.9 0.1 91.2 0.0
  Large fringe metro 86.2 0.0 71.7 0.2 83.0 0.1 92.3 0.0
  Medium metro 83.7 0.1 71.3 0.2 82.1 0.1 91.2 0.1
  Small metro 82.5 0.1 68.8 0.2 81.6 0.1 90.3 0.1
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 81.5 0.1 67.4 0.2 81.3 0.1 89.8 0.1
Noncore (nonmetro) 81.2 0.1 66.6 0.3 81.6 0.2 89.5 0.1

a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States: FL, ID, KS, KY, NE, NH, NY (not including NYC), PA, SC, TN, TX, and WA, that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate.

b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

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

 

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