Table 1.
Variables | n | % |
---|---|---|
Received prenatal care | ||
Yes | 4,968 | 98.0 |
No | 99 | 2.0 |
Number of visits | ||
None | 99 | 2.0 |
1 – 3 | 521 | 10.3 |
4 – 5 | 1,122 | 22.1 |
≥ 6 | 3,065 | 60.5 |
Missing | 260 | 5.1 |
Starting trimester | ||
No prenatal care | 99 | 2.0 |
1st trimester | 3,356 | 66.2 |
2nd trimester | 1,395 | 27.5 |
3rd trimester | 117 | 2.3 |
Missing | 100 | 2.0 |
Site of prenatal care | ||
No prenatal care | 99 | 2.0 |
Public sector of SUS | 4,052 | 80.0 |
Private | 218 | 4.3 |
Insurance/Health plan | 690 | 13.6 |
Missing | 8 | 0.1 |
Classification of prenatal care | ||
Adequate* | 2,949 | 58.2 |
Inadequate | 1,858 | 36.7 |
Missing | 260 | 5.1 |
Total | 5067 | 100 |
São Luís, Brazil, 2010.
*Prenatal care was considered to be adequate when started up to the fourth month of pregnancy and when it involved at least six visits for a term pregnancy or a smaller number of visits according to gestational age. The missing category corresponds to 260 cases without information about the number of visits and/or the trimester when prenatal care was started (source: ref. 10). SUS: Unified Health System in the Brazilian acronym.