Table 23. Live births to mothers with late* or no prenatal care, 1998-2002
			1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
			N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Texas
	All births		69,332	20.7	70,775	20.7	74,246	21.2	69,420	19.7	71,487	19.5
	Black		9,480	24.3	9,039	23.3	9,264	23.7	8,933	23.0	9,430	23.2
	Hispanic		40,232	27.3	42,717	27.8	45,992	28.8	42,499	25.8	43,662	24.9
	All Other		19,620	13.2	19,019	12.7	18,990	12.5	17,988	12.0	18,395	12.2
Galveston County
	All births		560	15.5	529	14.5	525	14.1	491	13.4	526	13.7
	Black		116	19.9	124	18.6	113	16.9	104	16.7	125	18.1
	Hispanic		155	18.1	156	16.9	137	14.2	140	14.4	147	14.5
	All Other		289	13.3	249	12.1	275	13.1	247	11.9	254	11.9
City of Galveston
	All births		121	13.0	115	12.4	91	10.1	88	9.8	88	9.6
	Black		37	16.2	39	14.7	43	15.4	31	12.1	33	13.5
	Hispanic		42	14.0	42	13.4	27	9.0	38	11.6	25	7.7
	All Other		42	10.5	34	9.8	21	6.5	19	6.1	30	8.6
League City
	All births		79	12.3	57	9.1	63	9.6	72	11.0	67	10.5
	Black		5	18.5	4	14.3	1	3.8	7	26.9	9	22.0
	Hispanic		16	15.0	12	12.4	12	9.8	14	14.1	15	14.4
	All Other		58	11.4	41	8.2	50	9.9	51	9.7	43	8.7
Texas City
	All births		99	17.3	108	18.2	97	15.6	100	17.2	88	13.9
	Black		34	23.9	41	24.7	32	17.3	32	19.8	37	19.2
	Hispanic		31	18.6	39	21.8	27	14.7	31	18.0	24	13.6
	All Other		34	13.0	28	11.3	38	15.0	37	14.9	27	10.2
N=Number of births with late or no prenatal care
%=Percent of births with late or no prenatal care
* Late prenatal care is defined as beginning after the first 3 months of pregnancy.
Source:  Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics