Trimester of Entry Into Prenatal Care and No Care of All Women Who Gave Birth
Mecklenburg County Residents 2007
Number and Percent Receiving Prenatal Care by Trimester and No Care
Of the 14,767 total births in Mecklenburg County in 2007, 79.0% of mothers entered prenatal care during the first
trimester of pregnancy. The Healthy People 2010 goal is 90% entering prenatal care in the first trimester.
Late Care
1st Trimester
N
%
Total Births = 14,767
Total PNC Status Known = 14648
Total PNC Received/Not Received
All Mothers
11569
Kessner Index*:
Adequate
10626
Intermediate
797
Inadequate
144
By Race:
Whites
7451
Minorities
4118
By Race and Ethnicity:
White Non-Hispanics
5494
African American Non-Hispanics
2419
Other Non-White Non-Hispanics
670
Hispanics**
1853
By Mother's Age:
40 +
193
30 - 39
5466
20 - 29
5024
Teens Under the Age of 20:
735
10 - 14
9
15 - 17
225
18 - 19
501
By Mother's Education:
< HS Degree (<12 yrs.)
1577
HS Degree (12 yrs.)
2249
> HS Degree (>12yrs.)
7743
By Birth Outcome:
1443
Premature (< 37 weeks)
Low Birth Weight (<=5lbs. 8oz.)
1008
2nd Trimester
N
%
3rd Trimester
N
%
No Care
N
%
79.0%
2484
17.0%
350
2.4%
245
1.7%
91.8%
6.9%
1.2%
0
2227
256
0.0%
89.7%
10.3%
0
0
350
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
0
0
245
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
64.4%
35.6%
1431
141
57.6%
5.7%
208
142
59.4%
40.6%
123
122
50.2%
49.8%
47.5%
20.9%
5.8%
16.0%
395
902
113
1061
15.9%
36.3%
4.5%
42.7%
57
126
14
150
16.3%
36.0%
4.0%
42.9%
34
107
13
91
13.9%
43.7%
5.3%
37.1%
1.7%
47.2%
43.4%
6.4%
<1%
1.9%
4.3%
38
607
1423
416
7
166
243
1.5%
24.4%
57.3%
16.7%
<1%
6.7%
9.8%
1
61
219
68
0
23
45
0.3%
17.4%
62.6%
19.4%
0.0%
6.6%
12.9%
3
59
139
44
2
15
27
1.2%
24.1%
56.7%
18.0%
0.8%
6.1%
11.0%
13.6%
19.4%
66.9%
1084
736
655
43.6%
29.6%
26.4%
168
114
67
48.0%
32.6%
19.1%
105
104
34
42.9%
42.4%
13.9%
12.5%
8.7%
352
266
14.2%
10.7%
49
37
14.0%
10.6%
56
41
22.9%
16.7%