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No Prenatal Care by Mother's Medicaid Status, New Jersey, 2016 to 2022
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Why Is This Important?
Women who receive early and consistent prenatal care 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 did not receive prenatal care at any time during this pregnancy as a percentage of the total number of live births.
Data Notes
The electronic birth registration system has a field for Total Number of Prenatal Care Visits. If zero is entered, the record is automatically coded as receiving no prenatal care. Beginning in 2021, if that field is left blank, zero is assumed and the record is auto-coded to no prenatal care. Previously, blanks were coded as unknown prenatal care. This may be the reason for the slight increase in the number of births with no prenatal care in 2021.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 no prenatal careDenominator:
Total number of live births