Table 6_1_1-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 6_1_1.1
Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received prenatal care in the first trimester, 37 reporting States, the District of Columbia, and New York city, 2003 and 2005^a
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		2,338,438	83.9	0.0	2,352,859	84.4	0.0
Mother's age	Under 15	2,058	47.9	0.8	2,042	48.2	0.8
	15–19	190,420	70.8	0.1	192,899	70.9	0.1
	20–24	544,084	78.9	0.0	549,022	79.2	0.0
	25–29	658,262	86.0	0.0	644,063	86.6	0.0
	30–34	580,214	89.4	0.0	607,422	90.0	0.0
	35 and over	363,400	88.7	0.0	357,411	89.1	0.0
Mother's race	American Indian/Alaska Native	26,021	69.6	0.2	24,913	70.2	0.2
	Asian/Pacific Islander	152,102	85.3	0.1	148,183	85.2	0.1
	Black	324,359	76.3	0.1	316,390	76.0	0.1
	White	1,835,956	85.5	0.0	1,863,373	86.1	0.0
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	497,996	77.6	0.1	464,688	77.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	1,822,791	85.8	0.0	1,872,513	86.2	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	304,238	76.5	0.1	303,930	76.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	1,348,083	88.7	0.0	1,402,555	89.1	0.0
Mother's education, age 20 and over	Less than high school	304,096	72.8	0.1	298,605	72.8	0.1
	High school graduate	591,644	82.0	0.0	605,028	82.7	0.0
	At least some college	1,225,415	91.2	0.0	1,232,064	91.7	0.0
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	1,999,506	84.6	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	775,040	84.0	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	569,211	86.6	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	441,467	84.2	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	213,788	82.8	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	209,124	81.7	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	130,541	81.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Excludes data from 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_1-1.html