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Births to Women Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care (Number) – 2005 to 2008

Data Provided by: Center for Public Policy Priorities
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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.

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Frances Deviney, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate and Texas KIDS COUNT Director

The Center for Public Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy institute committed to improving public policies to better the economic and social conditions of low-and moderate-income Texans. To view the State of Texas Children data book, go to www.stateoftexaschildren.org.