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No Prenatal Care by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2016 to 2022

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Year20162017201820192020202120220.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%Percentage of Live BirthsNo Prenatal Care by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2016 to 2022New JerseyUnited States
New Jersey, United StatesYearPercentage of Live Births95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitCount

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey201620161.5%1.4%1.6%1,542
 34000New Jersey201720171.5%1.5%1.6%1,550
 34000New Jersey201820181.6%1.5%1.7%1,631
 34000New Jersey201920191.6%1.5%1.7%1,579
 34000New Jersey202020201.5%1.4%1.6%1,427
 34000New Jersey202120211.8%1.8%1.9%1,857
 34000New Jersey202220221.7%1.6%1.8%1,729

United States

 100000United States201620161.6%1.5%1.6%61,226
 100000United States201720171.7%1.7%1.7%65,987
 100000United States201820181.7%1.7%1.7%63,587
 100000United States201920191.8%1.8%1.8%67,753
 100000United States202020201.9%1.9%1.9%67,751
 100000United States202120212.0%2.0%2.0%74,360
 100000United States202220222.1%2.1%2.1%77,228

Why Is This Important?

Women who receive early and consistent prenatal care increase their likelihood of giving birth to a healthy child. Health care providers recommend that women begin prenatal care in the first trimester of their pregnancy.

Definition

Number of live births to pregnant women who did not receive prenatal care at any time during this pregnancy as a percentage of the total number of live births.

Data Notes

The electronic birth registration system has a field for Total Number of Prenatal Care Visits. If zero is entered, the record is automatically coded as receiving no prenatal care. Beginning in 2021, if that field is left blank, zero is assumed and the record is auto-coded to no prenatal care. Previously, blanks were coded as unknown prenatal care. This may be the reason for the slight increase in the number of births with no prenatal care in 2021.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of live births to pregnant women who received no prenatal care

  • Denominator:

    Total number of live births

Related Health Care System Factors Indicators:

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Health Topic Pages Related to: No Prenatal Care

Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/09/2024, Published on 06/06/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)