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Show Prenatal Care Early prenatal care can reduce the incidence of low birth weight infants and infant mortality. Utah has a higher percentage of women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester than does the nation. Utah also has a lower percentage of women who are not receiving prenatal care at all or not until the third trimester. These percentages for Utah have remained somewhat consistent for 20 years. U.S. percentages are following similar trends, but with more fluctuation. Table 102 Prenatal Care Utah 3rd U.S. 3rd Utah 1st U.S. 1st trimester trimester Year trimester trimester or none or none 1970 81.9 68.0 3.3 7.9 1982 81.8 76.1 3.0 5.5 1983 82.2 76.2 2.8 5.6 1984 82.0 76.5 3.0 5.6 1985 81.8 76.2 3.0 5.7 1986 82.1 75.9 3.0 6.0 1987 82.4 76.0 3.1 6.1 1988 82.6 75.9 2.7 6.1 1989 84.2 73.9 2.7 6.3 1990 84.2 75.8 3.0 6.1 1991 83.3 74.6 3.0 5.6 1992 84.0 76.1 2.3 5.1 1993 85.1 77.7 2.4 4.8 1994 85.1 78.4 2.8 _ 1995 83.8 - 3.0 - Percentage calculations not reported whether or do not include those cases for which it is when there was prenatal care. Figure 56 Percentage of Babies Born to Mothers with Prenatal Care o CD (0 0) 0) !5 CO <0 o CO 75 tal *•* o n c h- 0) «*¦ O a. 0) O) *-> CO i c 0) o 0) Q. 90 T 80 -: 70 -¦ 60 -¦ 50 -¦ 40 --30 --20 -¦ 10 -¦ 0 -- U.S. (1st Trimester) Utah (1st Trimester) 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1996 99 |
