Table 31a: Race - Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester, by race, United States, 2000

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	3,284,256	83.2	27,961	69.3	105,466	86.2	6,613	77.1	444,508	74.3	2,649,231	85
Mother's age
Under 15	3,701	45.7	66	42.9	6	*	3	*	1,466	40.7	2,136	50.4
15-19	314,087	69.1	4,797	61.5	1,807	63	912	67.9	73,157	64	230,966	71.4
20-24	769,182	77.8	9,002	68.2	10,436	76.1	1,979	75.6	141,603	72.5	597,936	79.5
25-29	914,412	86.2	7,181	73.9	31,560	86.1	1,746	79.2	108,420	79.4	748,425	87.6
30-34	812,748	89.6	4,373	73.9	38,079	89.2	1,250	83.3	73,931	81.4	680,141	90.9
35 and over	470,126	88.4	2,542	71.8	23,578	89.4	723	80.9	45,931	79.5	389,627	89.7
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	391,202	69.9	4,422	59.8	7,227	75.5	470	64	51,554	64.7	322,725	70.9
High school graduate	895,832	82.5	9,358	70.4	20,017	82.2	2,802	76.9	144,838	74.5	707,365	84.7
At least some college	1,648,009	91.6	8,960	80.4	74,747	89.6	2,373	86.1	168,996	84.7	1,362,227	92.8

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 births).

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

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