Prenatal care timing of pregnant women by race/ethnicity U.S. 2021

From 2019 to 2021, among all racial/ethnic groups in the United States considered here, most pregnant women initiated prenatal care during the first trimester of pregnancy. Asian women had the highest share of prenatal care initiated in the first trimester, with 82.6 percent. This statistic depicts the percentage of pregnant women in the United States from 2019 to 2021 who started prenatal care at select times, by race/ethnicity.

Percentage of pregnant women in the United States from 2019 to 2021 who started prenatal care at select times, by race/ethnicity

Characteristic	American Indian and Alaska Native	Asian	Black	White	Hispanic
1st trimester	64.5%	82.6%	68.6%	82.9%	72.3%
2nd trimester	22.7%	12.9%	22.2%	12.5%	19.5%
3rd trimester or none	12.8%	4.5%	9.3%	4.5%	8.2%

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

From 2019 to 2021

Special properties

Of the 11,025,479 births in the United States in 2019–2021, data were missing for 2.1 percent (2356,172) for prenatal care.

Supplementary notes

The timing of prenatal care is determined by the month it began, based on the date of the first prenatal visit, date of birth, and gestational age.

Race groups are non-Hispanic, single race. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. The total percent does not add to 100 due to groups not included in the analysis.

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