that Asian American births accounted for 5.2% of the births in the United States. One study that compared births among Indian Americans and non-Hispanic white Americans revealed that Indian Americans had significantly lower birth weights than did non-Hispanic white Americans. It was also revealed that Indian American mothers and non-Hispanic white American mothers had similar rates of adequate prenatal care. In addition, when the infant mortality rates were compared between the groups, Asian Americans (excluding Pacific Islanders) had a lower rate than did non-Hispanic white Americans. However, Pacific Islanders had an infant mortality rate that was much higher than did the Asian Americans and the non-Hispanic white Americans. Similarly, Asian Americans had a maternal mortality rate that was lower than that of non-Hispanic whites as well as the national average in the United States. The demographic overview of Asian Americans shows that the birth rate for Asian American and Pacific Islander women is higher than for all other groups except Hispanic women, those mothers tend to be older on average than mothers of other races with the highest rate of births occurring among women aged 30–34 years, older than for other groups, and teen birth rates are overall lower for this population. One of the main concerns remains the disparity of prenatal care utilization among Asian American women in communities across the United States and research has shown that subgroups of Asian American mothers are less likely than others to receive early and adequate prenatal care. According to HealthIndicators.gov, explaining the data, “APNCU is a measure of prenatal care utilization that combines the month of pregnancy prenatal care begun with the number of prenatal visits. Rates can be classified as “intensive use,” “adequate,” “intermediate,” or “less than adequate.” For this measure, adequate prenatal care is defined as a score of either “adequate” or “intensive use.”” On a more positive note, The rate of mortality for Asian American and Pacific Islander babies is 4.78 per 1,000 live births, lower than what is found in the general population. Mental health There are not many studies concerning mental health outcomes among Asian Americans. Mental health in this group is reported to be relatively better than that of the general population. The Chinese American Psychiatric Epidemiological Study (CAPES) was commissioned to determine the incidence of mental health problems in the DSM III in Chinese American populations. The results of the study showed that roughly