Table 4. Prevalence of prenatal care and vaginal delivery birth of mothers from 2010 to 2020 by states in Brazil.
| Federative unit (Abbreviation)/Region | Mothers with insufficient prenatal care | Vaginal delivery birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down % | No Down % | Down % | No Down % | |
| (CI95%) | (CI95%) | (CI95%) | (CI95%) | |
| p-value | p-value | |||
| North Region | ||||
| Rondônia (RO) | 51.72 | 39.95 | 34.48 | 33.89 |
| (38.14–65.3) | (26.64–53.26) | (21.56–47.40) | (21.02–46.76) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Acre (AC) | 56.67 | 58.16 | 58.33 | 61.14 |
| (35.96–77.37) | (37.54–78.77) | (37.73–78.93) | (40.77–81.51) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Amazonas (AM) | 64.04 | 57.48 | 55.62 | 62.02 |
| (52.09–75.99) | (45.17–69.79) | (43.25–67.99) | (49.94–74.10) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Roraima (RR) | 58.82 | 57.84 | 47.06 | 64.96 |
| (33.91–83.73) | (32.85–82.83) | (21.80–72.32) | (40.82–89.10) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Pará (PA) | 55.68 | 55.39 | 48.35 | 51.5 |
| (47.57–63.79) | (47.27–63.51) | (40.19–56.51) | (43.34–59.66) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Amapá (AP) | 64.52 | 63.8 | 66.13 | 65.73 |
| (41.08–87.96) | (40.25–87.35) | (42.94–89.32) | (42.44–88.96) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Tocantins (TO) | 35.56 | 39.9 | 48.89 | 48.52 |
| (27.60–43.52) | (31.76–48.04) | (40.58–57.20) | (40.19–56.81) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Northeast Region | ||||
| Maranhão (MA) | 55.1 | 60.52 | 48.98 | 56.56 |
| (48.48–61.72) | (54.02–64.02) | (42.33–55.63) | (49.60–63.10) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Piauí (PI) | 46.88 | 44.2 | 62.5 | 46.89 |
| (40.34–53.42) | (37.70–50.70) | (56.16–68.84) | (40.35–53.43) | |
| p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
| Ceará (CE) | 39.78 | 33.86 | 40.52 | 43.54 |
| (32.71–46.85) | (27.02–40.70) | (33.43–47.61) | (36.38–50.70) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Rio Grande do Norte (RN) | 33.33 | 38.88 | 31.48 | 41.08 |
| (26.18–40.48) | (31.49–46.27) | (24.44–38.52) | (33.55–48.47) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Paraíba (PB) | 36.84 | 33.38 | 43.68 | 42.82 |
| (30.51–43.17) | (27.19–39.57) | (37.17–50.19) | (36.33–49.31) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Pernambuco (PE) | 39.85 | 36.86 | 41.81 | 48.42 |
| (32.78–46.92) | (29.89–43.83) | (34.68–48.94) | (41.20–55.64) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Alagoas (AL) | 48.94 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 45.71 |
| (39.24–58.64) | (36.23–55.57) | (36.43–55.77) | (36.04–55.38) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Sergipe (SE) | 40.91 | 45.68 | 50 | 57.89 |
| (29.78–52.04) | (34.41–56.95) | (38.68–61.32) | (46.72–69.06) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Bahia (BA) | 43.32 | 45.18 | 47.1 | 56.7 |
| (8.56–48.08) | (40.40–49.96) | (42.31–51.89) | (51.94–61.46) | |
| p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
| Southeast Region | ||||
| Minas Gerais (MG) | 22.03 | 25.18 | 34.03 | 42.64 |
| (19.25–24.81) | (22.27–28.10) | (30.85–37.21) | (39.32–45.96) | |
| p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
| Espírito Santo (ES) | 25.91 | 32.35 | 30.45 | 36.8 |
| (16.19–35.63) | (21.97–42.73) | (20.24–40.66) | (26.10–47.50) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | 29.13 | 31.08 | 29.92 | 39.94 |
| (19.85–38.41) | (21.62–40.54) | (20.56–39.28) | (29.93–49.95) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| São Paulo (SP) | 22.66 | 21.54 | 30.74 | 40.17 |
| (19.43–25.89) | (18.37–24.71) | (27.18–34.30) | (36.39–43.95) | |
| p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
| South Region | ||||
| Paraná (PR) | 19.74 | 17.58 | 33.39 | 38 |
| (15.83–23.65) | (13.85–21.31) | (28.76–38.02) | (33.24–42.76) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Santa Catarina (SC) | 30.02 | 26.14 | 38.21 | 41.22 |
| (24.79–35.25) | (21.13–31.15) | (32.67–43.75) | (35.60–46.84) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Rio Grande do Sul (RS) | 25.82 | 25.02 | 32.92 | 38.04 |
| (21.97–29.67) | (21.21–28.83) | (28.79–37.05) | (33.77–42.31) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Midwest Region | ||||
| Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | 30.95 | 33.54 | 28.57 | 39.29 |
| ( 20.76 – 41.14 ) | ( 23.13 – 43.95 ) | ( 18.61 – 38.53 ) | ( 28.52 – 50.06 ) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Mato Grosso (MT) | 27.61 | 31.16 | 35.82 | 39.39 |
| ( 20.23 – 34.99 ) | ( 23.52 – 38.8 ) | ( 27.91 – 43.73 ) | ( 31.33 – 47.45 ) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Goiás (GO) | 28.32 | 33.23 | 27.17 | 33.71 |
| ( 22.69 – 33.95 ) | ( 27.34 – 39.12 ) | ( 21.61 – 32.73 ) | ( 27.80 – 39.62 ) | |
| p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Federal District (DF) | 24.76 | 28.66 | 29.52 | 45.55 |
| * | * | * | * | |
| * | * | * | * | |
| Brazil | 30.64 | 33.33 | 36.12 | 44.31 |
| ( 29.43 – 31.85 ) | ( 32.09 – 34.57 ) | ( 34.86 – 37.38 ) | ( 43.01 – 45.61) | |
| p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
p < 0.05. Z-test was used for comparison between the Down and No Down groups.
Source: SINASC.