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Table 56c
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population group |
Total |
Less than high school graduate |
High school graduate |
At least some college |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
|
83.7 |
0.0 |
71.6 |
0.1 |
82.7 |
0.0 |
91.6 |
0.0 |
| Mother's age |
20-24 |
78.6 |
0.0 |
70.4 |
0.1 |
79.6 |
0.1 |
85.4 |
0.1 |
| 25-29 |
86.3 |
0.0 |
72.7 |
0.1 |
84.2 |
0.1 |
91.6 |
0.0 |
| 30-34 |
89.8 |
0.0 |
73.4 |
0.1 |
86.0 |
0.1 |
93.6 |
0.0 |
| 35 and over |
88.7 |
0.0 |
71.5 |
0.2 |
84.4 |
0.1 |
92.8 |
0.0 |
| Mother's race |
AI/AN |
69.8 |
0.2 |
60.1 |
0.6 |
71.1 |
0.4 |
80.7 |
0.4 |
| Asian |
86.9 |
0.1 |
75.9 |
0.4 |
81.6 |
0.2 |
90.2 |
0.1 |
| NHOPI |
76.1 |
0.5 |
65.4 |
1.8 |
74.8 |
0.7 |
84.4 |
0.7 |
| Black |
75.2 |
0.1 |
66.0 |
0.2 |
75.1 |
0.1 |
84.9 |
0.1 |
| White |
85.4 |
0.0 |
72.7 |
0.1 |
84.8 |
0.0 |
92.8 |
0.0 |
| Mother's ethnicity |
Hispanic (all races) |
76.7 |
0.0 |
72.3 |
0.1 |
80.5 |
0.1 |
87.1 |
0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races |
85.7 |
0.0 |
70.9 |
0.1 |
83.3 |
0.0 |
92.1 |
0.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black |
75.2 |
0.1 |
65.8 |
0.2 |
75.1 |
0.1 |
84.9 |
0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic White |
88.6 |
0.0 |
73.4 |
0.1 |
86.3 |
0.0 |
93.5 |
0.0 |
a Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.
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