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. 2018 Aug 23;15(1):e12652. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12652

Table 4.

Percentage of SIDS and SUID cases that received timely (i.e., first trimester) prenatal care or late (third trimester) or no prenatal care, by racial/ethnic group, and overall prevalence of late or no prenatal care

Population SIDS cases with timely prenatal care, 2010–2015 (%) SUID cases with timely prenatal care (%) 2010–2015 Prevalence of timely prenatal care (%) SIDS cases with late or no prenatal care, 2010–2015 (%) SUID cases with late or no prenatal care (%), 2010–2015 Prevalence of late or no prenatal care (%)
U.S. overall 45.1 46.0 74.1 (2012) 9.1 9.9 6.0 (2014)
U.S. Black 38.3 39.6 63.6 (2012) 10.4 11.8 4.3 (2014)
U.S. AI/AN 37.9 30.3 59.4 (2012) 12.1 12.0 10.8 (2014)
U.S. White 48.7 49.8 79.0 (2012) 7.4 7.6 5.2 (2014)
U.S. Hispanic 53.9 32.8 69.0 (2012) 14.3 8.6 7.5 (2014)
U.S. Asian/PI 50.2 50.1 78.0 (2012, Asian only) 10.6 9.4 5.7 (2014)
Australia 65 (2015)
Australian indigenous 57 (2015)
Australian nonindigenous 63 (2015)
Japan 0.3 (no care 2009)
The Netherlands 87.3 (2010) 6.2 (2010)
United Kingdom: England 77.6 (2010) 9.6 (2010)
United Kingdom: Scotland 87.3 (2010) 2.3 (2010)

Note. Black, AI/AN, White, and Asian/PI are all non‐Hispanic. AI/AN: American Indian/Alaskan Native; PI: Pacific Islander; SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome; SUID: sudden unexpected infant death. Source. CDC WONDER for SIDS and SUID cases 2010–2014 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & National Center for Health Statistics, 2017). U.S. data came from Child Trends Data Bank (2015). England, Scotland, and the Netherlands data came from Euro‐PERISTAT (Zeitlin, Mohangoo, & Delnord, 2012). Japanese data came from Unno (2011). Australian data came from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015). Timely prenatal care is defined as first trimester; late prenatal care is defined as third trimester.