Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report 1995, Volume 1
TABLE 1-6.
OREGON RATES OF LOW BIRTHWEIGHT, AND MEASURES OF PRENATAL CARE, 1975-1995
LOW FIRST NO INADEQUATE THIRD LESS
YEAR BIRTH- TRIMESTER CARE CARE TRIMESTER THAN
WEIGHT CARE CARE FIVE
VISITS
1975 56.6 741.9 9.0 72.4 39.3 52.0
1976 54.0 754.7 8.0 66.8 37.1 48.2
1977 51.8 738.8 8.3 68.6 39.4 47.0
1978 50.9 734.8 8.4 66.9 39.1 45.5
1979 51.2 754.6 6.0 66.2 40.0 44.7
1980 50.4 767.4 5.4 58.0 34.6 40.5
1981 48.5 764.0 8.7 63.1 38.0 42.0
1982 49.2 766.9 11.2 70.3 40.8 47.8
1983 50.0 773.9 11.2 66.5 38.5 44.8
1984 51.5 770.7 11.0 68.2 41.0 46.0
1985 51.3 751.3 12.0 72.9 43.6 47.4
1986 51.3 737.5 13.4 83.3 52.0 54.4
1987 54.0 736.4 16.5 86.2 50.3 58.4
1988 52.6 736.6 13.8 83.6 49.8 54.5
1989 52.2 748.8 12.0 73.3 42.7 48.6
1990 50.1 755.6 10.7 70.0 43.3 45.0
1991 49.3 766.9 8.7 61.0 37.3 38.5
1992 51.8 785.9 8.2 53.0 31.3 33.9
1993 52.5 792.9 7.6 52.0 30.4 33.7
1994 53.0 789.3 8.5 56.8 34.3 36.3
1995 54.9 785.1 8.6 58.4 34.6 38.0
Inadequate prenatal care is defined as care that began in the third trimester or consisted of less than five visits.
All rates are per 1,000 live births.
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