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First Trimester Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 1990 to 2022

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The sharp declines in 2015 and 2022 are due to corresponding increases in records with unknown onset of prenatal care due to changes made in the electronic birth registration system in those years.

Why Is This Important?

Women who receive early and consistent prenatal care (PNC) 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 received prenatal care in the first trimester as a percentage of the total number of live births.

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective MCH-3. Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race. New York City did not report race and ethnicity for births to New Jersey residents that occurred in NYC prior to 2010. Therefore, data by race/ethnicity for 1990-2009 is not directly comparable to data for 2010 and later. Beginning in 2014, the calculation of onset of prenatal care (PNC) requires several pieces of information from the birth record. If any of those is missing or invalid, PNC onset cannot be calculated.

Data Source

Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of live births to pregnant women who received prenatal care in the first trimester

  • Denominator:

    Number of live births

Related Health Objectives and Indicators



  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-3

    NJ Target: Increase the proportion of pregnant women who receive prenatal care beginning in first trimester to 75.7 percent for the total population, 82.4% for Asians, 61.5% for Blacks, 68.4% for Hispanics, and 83.5% for Whites by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml


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Health Topic Pages Related to: First Trimester Prenatal Care

Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/09/2024, Published on 05/15/2024
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)