Title: Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
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Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
How does prenatal care decrease the risk of infant mortality?
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Increased Infant Mortality Due to Lack of Prenatal Care
29 December 2016
by: seattle-malpractice-lawyers
Birth Injuries
Studies show increased infant mortality due to lack of prenatal care. Late or no prenatal care is defined by the percentage of mothers who report on their child’s birth certificate only receiving prenatal care in their third trimester or no prenatal care at all. Through the work of advocacy groups in the 1990s, there was a significant decrease in women of all races going without prenatal care. The percentage of births where the mother received late or no prenatal care decreased by more than a third, from six to four percent, between 1989 and 2003. African American, Hispanic and Native American mothers are still more than twice as likely as white mothers to receive either late or no prenatal care. How does prenatal care decrease the risk of infant mortality? Prenatal care benefits both the mother and infant. During prenatal visits, physicians can monitor the health of the mother including her risk for hypertension and gestational diabetes and the health of the growing fetus.