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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY TRIMESTER WHEN PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
ARKANSAS 2001
Trimester When Prenatal Care Began
First Second Third None Unk
No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No.
TOTAL 28,962 100.0 5,656 100.0 1,129 100.0 554 100.0 681
A. Number of Prenatal Visits
None 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 554 100.0 0
1-4 Visits 618 2.1 555 9.8 526 46.6 0 0.0 61
5-9 Visits 4,069 14.0 2,546 45.0 465 41.2 0 0.0 84
10-12 Visits 13,406 46.3 1,871 33.1 84 7.4 0 0.0 89
13-15 Visits 7,148 24.7 463 8.2 20 1.8 0 0.0 49
16-30 Visits 3,297 11.4 145 2.6 8 0.7 0 0.0 20
Unknown 424 1.5 76 1.3 26 2.3 0 0.0 378
B. Live Birth Interval
First Live Birth 12,126 41.9 2,032 35.9 340 30.1 162 29.2 231
Plural Delivery 460 1.6 74 1.3 15 1.3 7 1.3 7
1-11 Months 288 1.0 147 2.6 43 3.8 29 5.2 16
12-17 Months 1,457 5.0 588 10.4 161 14.3 95 17.1 59
18-23 Months 1,990 6.9 538 9.5 117 10.4 72 13.0 54
24+ Months 12,117 41.8 2,179 38.5 420 37.2 154 27.8 212
Unknown 524 1.8 98 1.7 33 2.9 35 6.3 102
C. Maternal Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
None 24,135 83.3 4,145 73.3 761 67.4 376 67.9 480
<10 Cigarettes/Day 1,420 4.9 419 7.4 117 10.4 48 8.7 31
10-19 Cigarettes/Day 1,852 6.4 550 9.7 144 12.8 61 11.0 59
20+ Cigarettes/Day 1,131 3.9 423 7.5 81 7.2 51 9.2 54
Unknown Cigarettes/Day 263 0.9 83 1.5 15 1.3 7 1.3 14
Unknown Tobacco Use 161 0.6 36 0.6 11 1.0 11 2.0 43
D. Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy
<16 POUNDS 5,141 17.8 1,288 22.8 400 35.4 283 51.1 237
16-20 POUNDS 2,633 9.1 602 10.6 100 8.9 42 7.6 60
21-25 POUNDS 4,046 14.0 699 12.4 122 10.8 50 9.0 72
26-35 POUNDS 8,137 28.1 1,416 25.0 230 20.4 112 20.2 139
36+ POUNDS 8,929 30.8 1,632 28.9 273 24.2 62 11.2 168
UNKNOWN 76 0.3 19 0.3 4 0.4 5 0.9 5
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