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Late Initiation of or No Prenatal Care, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2007

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  Percent of Live Births with Late or No Prenatal Care
 Disparity ScoreAll WomenWhite All Minority Black Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native
United States2.0416.2%11.1%22.7%23.9%22.9%14.7%30.1%
Alabama2.6816.3%10.0%26.8%24.5%46.9%12.6%18.6%
Alaska1.4719.8%16.0%23.5%16.3%21.8%24.9%29.7%
Arizona2.5323.5%12.5%31.6%21.8%33.2%15.8%32.0%
Arkansas1.7418.9%15.4%26.9%26.7%29.4%17.6%24.6%
California1.5513.0%9.4%14.5%16.5%15.2%11.5%24.0%
Colorado2.2220.5%13.8%30.6%28.8%32.4%19.2%32.4%
Connecticut2.5911.9%7.6%19.7%19.7%23.1%12.3%14.6%
Delaware1.9814.4%10.1%20.0%18.8%28.0%9.9%12.9%
District of Columbia3.0423.2%9.2%27.9%28.5%29.5%18.3%38.1%
Florida1.9416.1%10.9%21.2%26.0%18.6%12.2%35.8%
Georgia2.2815.8%9.6%21.9%20.9%29.0%11.4%16.5%
Hawaii1.3917.3%13.3%18.5%9.7%18.9%18.8%18.8%
Idaho1.7718.9%16.5%29.3%24.1%33.1%19.6%32.5%
Illinois2.3514.7%9.1%21.4%25.8%20.4%11.9%18.6%
Indiana1.9818.8%15.5%30.7%30.8%35.5%16.5%29.1%
Iowa2.1411.3%9.7%20.7%22.9%24.5%12.4%24.1%
Kansas2.1913.0%9.9%21.7%20.7%25.9%13.8%18.0%
Kentucky1.7013.3%12.1%20.5%21.3%31.4%12.8%14.8%
Louisiana2.4815.5%9.2%22.9%24.1%16.3%11.7%15.6%
Maine1.7512.1%11.6%20.3%23.6%19.5%17.9%22.0%
Maryland2.6016.6%9.3%24.2%24.5%31.9%15.1%21.3%
Massachusetts2.1810.2%7.6%16.5%20.0%17.0%13.9%11.5%
Michigan2.2714.1%10.3%23.4%28.1%22.1%11.8%20.6%
Minnesota2.8513.9%9.8%27.9%27.8%30.4%25.5%36.0%
Mississippi2.4715.6%9.2%22.7%22.8%23.0%14.1%27.8%
Missouri1.8611.8%9.9%18.4%19.7%20.3%11.6%19.6%
Montana2.1316.2%13.3%28.4%14.8%19.9%16.3%33.9%
Nebraska2.0416.8%13.3%27.1%28.1%30.0%16.3%31.5%
Nevada2.0724.4%15.4%31.9%30.0%35.9%19.8%31.4%
New Hampshire1.839.2%8.4%15.3%24.3%19.6%14.7%18.1%
New Jersey2.7120.2%11.1%30.0%36.5%32.1%15.2%32.1%
New Mexico1.4830.9%23.2%34.4%31.8%33.3%23.9%40.8%
New York1.7215.0%11.1%19.1%29.4%26.7%17.3%25.2%
North Carolina2.6615.7%9.3%24.8%23.7%30.1%15.0%19.8%
North Dakota2.3613.6%10.8%25.5%17.4%19.5%12.8%33.1%
Ohio1.9012.2%10.2%19.3%21.2%21.3%9.7%19.1%
Oklahoma1.6722.4%18.3%30.6%29.6%35.4%19.7%29.8%
Oregon1.7318.9%15.6%27.0%24.4%29.8%18.3%31.1%
Pennsylvania2.0514.7%11.6%23.7%27.6%26.5%18.9%17.6%
Rhode Island1.799.8%7.2%12.9%18.8%13.2%18.2%19.1%
South Carolina2.1720.3%13.6%29.5%29.6%38.3%20.5%22.6%
South Dakota2.3822.0%16.9%40.2%36.5%36.1%27.7%42.3%
Tennessee2.1916.6%12.3%27.0%27.0%41.5%16.9%21.8%
Texas1.9218.9%11.9%22.8%22.6%24.0%11.0%20.6%
Utah2.2120.1%16.3%36.1%39.7%35.9%34.3%43.3%
Vermont1.8210.2%9.8%17.8%27.9%20.6%13.1%14.3%
Virginia2.3614.6%9.5%22.4%22.4%28.9%14.5%17.9%
Washington1.6417.1%14.0%23.0%24.2%28.2%18.4%28.0%
West Virginia1.7314.1%13.6%23.5%25.0%25.8%13.9%30.8%
Wisconsin2.3815.1%11.5%27.4%26.0%29.3%30.0%28.8%
Wyoming1.6914.5%13.0%22.0%13.9%20.4%15.3%29.1%
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Notes: 

Data are for all live births, regardless of maternal age.

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System; Health, United States, 2007.



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