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Prenatal care gap shrinks between whites and African Americans. (Improved Care for Both).
The difference in prenatal care use between African American and white women is shrinking.
The proportion of women receiving adequate prenatal care rose for both groups from the early 19805 to the late 1990s: from 27% to 44% for African Americans and from 34% to 50% for whites. These increases represent a 64% improvement for African American women and a 50% improvement for white women, said Greg R. Alexander, Sc.D., of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and his colleagues.
The researchers reviewed data from the National Center for Health Statistics natality files for 1981-1998. More than 60 million birth certificates were ...
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