Table 31c: Education - Pregnant women receiving prenatal care in first trimester, by education, United States, 2000

	Total		Less than high school graduate*		High school graduate*		At least some college*
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	3,284,256	83.2	391,202	69.9	895,832	82.5	1,648,009	91.6
Mother's age
20-24	769,182	77.8	182,385	68.8	341,935	79.1	236,606	84.9
25-29	914,412	86.2	111,350	71	268,828	84.1	524,993	91.8
30-34	812,748	89.6	61,988	71.4	182,814	86.1	559,657	93.7
35 and over	470,126	88.4	35,479	69.5	102,255	84.4	326,753	92.7
Mother's race
American Indian or Alaska Native	27,961	69.3	4,422	59.8	9,358	70.4	8,960	80.4
Asian	105,466	86.2	7,227	75.5	20,017	82.2	74,747	89.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6,613	77.1	470	64	2,802	76.9	2,373	86.1
Black or African American	444,508	74.3	51,554	64.7	144,838	74.5	168,996	84.7
White	2,649,231	85	322,725	70.9	707,365	84.7	1,362,227	92.8
Mother's ethnicity
Hispanic	587,297	74.4	199,290	69.4	158,600	78.6	138,856	86.3
Non-Hispanic	2,664,498	85.4	189,755	70.5	729,404	83.4	1,493,304	92.1
Black or African American	431,660	74.3	49,214	64.6	140,776	74.4	164,820	84.7
White	2,049,290	88.5	124,520	73.5	547,035	86.6	1,214,207	93.5

*Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.

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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