Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: The number and percent of births to women who received no prenatal care, or care after the first trimester.

Data Source: Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Department of State Health Services.

Footnotes: Texas introduced a new birth certificate in 2005, changing the categorization of the inadequate prenatal care data. Now, inadequate prenatal care is defined as receiving no prenatal care or only receiving prenatal care after the first trimester. Data from 2005 or later cannot be compared to earlier prenatal care data.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.