Early Prenatal Care

This indicator measures the proportion of babies born to women who received prenatal care in their first trimester of pregnancy.

Early prenatal care provides an excellent opportunity to detect and treat maternal medical problems such as anemia, diabetes, and poor nutrition (10). Early prenatal care, which includes counseling and support for healthy habits such as abstaining from smoking, alcohol, and drug use, can prevent major birth defects and increase opportunities for delivering a healthy baby (11, 12). Mothers who receive late or no prenatal care are more likely to have babies with low birth weight, stillborn or who die in the first year of life (10).

Programs to increase awareness and reduce barriers to accessing prenatal care are provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative.

Newport Beach Irvine Yorba Linda Aliso Viejo Rancho Santa Margarita Villa Park Laguna Beach Seal Beach Brea Laguna Niguel Huntington Beach Mission Viejo Fountain Valley Placentia Costa Mesa Los Alamitos Dana Point San Clemente La Palma Tustin Lake Forest Cypress Orange Orange County Fullerton Laguna Hills La Habra Santa Ana Anaheim Buena Park Garden Grove Westminster Stanton San Juan Capistrano California United States Laguna Woods 96.2% 94.8% 94.1% 93.9% 93.8% 93.7% 93.5% 93.4% 93.3% 92.8% 91.6% 91.0% 90.9% 90.9% 90.7% 90.4% 90.3% 90.3% 90.3% 90.1% 90.0% 89.8% 89.5% 89.4% 89.3% 88.6% 88.1% 87.0% 86.9% 86.7% 86.0% 85.8% 85.4% 85.4% 83.7% 83.2% 80.0%

Early Prenatal Care by Zip Code, 2006-2008

LOS ANGELES

SAN BERNARDINO

RIVERSIDE

80% - 88% 89% - 91% 92% - 95% 96% - 97% Data missing or unstable

SAN DIEGO

0 2.5 5 10 Miles