Births Premature And Delayed Or No Prenatal Care (2016–2023)

Definition

Premature (or preterm) births refers to births that occurred before 37 weeks gestation. Delayed prenatal care is prenatal or pregnancy-related care that began in the third trimester. Delayed or no prenatal care is prenatal or pregnancy-related care that began in teh third trimester, or when no prenatal care was received at all. This data is displayed as percentages of live births.

Data Source

2016 source: New Hampshire Department of State, Division of Vital Records

2020-2021 Premature births: National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data. Preterm births, 3 year averages. Retrieved from https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/state-summaries/new-hampshire.

2020-2021 Delayed or no prenatal care: National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data. Late/no care, 3 year averages. Retrieved from https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/state-summaries/new-hampshire.

Notes

2016 data for delayed prenatal care includes only delayed care. For 2020 and 2021, this indicator includes delayed prenatal care and no prenatal care.

Updated January 2025.

N.A. = Not Available.

Last Updated

2025-01