Description: Early entry into prenatal care is defined as entering/receiving prenatal care during the first three month (first trimester) of pregnancy. This measure excludes pregnant persons whose pregnancies did not result in live births.Early initiation of prenatal care is an important factor in preventing poor maternal and newborn outcomes.For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the initiative homepage.
Copyright Text: Indicator generated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Data for calculating this indicator came from the following sources: Los Angeles County Annual Birth File 2022, assembled from California Department of Public Health Vital Records Data, Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 2022.
Prenatal_C (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: First Trimester Entry into Prenatal Care, as a Percentage of Total Live Births, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)