Table 12
DELAYED PRENATAL CARE, RHODE ISLAND, 1989-1993

city/Town

# Births

# Delayed Care

% Delayed Care

 

1988-1992
% Delayed care

Barrington

909

27

3.0%

 

3.4%

Bristol

1,364

136

10.0%

 

9.7%

Burrillville

1,045

77

7.4%

 

7.4%

Central Falls

1,997

434

21.7%

 

22.5%

Charlestown

541

40

7.4%

 

9.4%

Coventry

2,043

127

6.2%

 

8.0%

Cranston

4,520

366

8.1%

 

8.9%

Cumberland

1,786

133

7.4%

 

7.7%

East Greenwich

603

36

6.0%

 

7.7%

East Providence

3,131

293

9.4%

 

10.3%

Exeter

396

14

NA

 

NA

Foster

297

18

NA

 

NA

Glocester

550

41

7.5%

 

7.8%

Hopkinton

520

34

6.5%

 

7.4%

Jamestown

311

23

NA

 

NA

Johnston

1,765

117

6.6%

 

7.7%

Lincoln

1,088

76

7.0%

 

7.8%

Little Compton

173

20

NA

 

NA

Middletown

1,442

203

14.1%

 

13.9%

Narragansett

844

50

5.9%

 

6.7%

Newport

2,061

403

19.6%

 

20.3%

New Shoreham

71

3

NA

 

NA

North Kingstown

1,577

104

6.6%

 

6.7%

North Providence

1,968

159

8.1%

 

8.8%

North Smithfield

519

38

7.3%

 

7.5%

Pawtucket

5,976

909

15.2%

 

15.8%

Portsmouth

1,061

77

7.3%

 

8.1%

Providence

16,194

2977

18.4%

 

21.0%

Richmond

435

27

NA

 

NA

Scituate

615

34

5.5%

 

6.9%

Smithfield

961

60

6.2%

 

6.4%

South Kingstown

1,338

79

5.9%

 

6.4%

Tiverton

812

83

10.2%

 

11.4%

Warren

790

75

9.5%

 

11.5%

Warwick

5,461

388

7.1%

 

7.9%

Westerly

1,683

151

9.0%

 

9.9%

West Greenwich

271

23

NA

 

NA

West Warwick

2,373

231

9.7%

 

11.1%

Woonsocket

3,673

753

20.5%

 

18.9%

Core Cities

29,901

5,476

18.3%

 

19.8%

Remainder of State

43,263

3,363

7.8%

 

8.6%

Rhode Island

73,164

8,839

12.1%

 

13.1%

 NA: Percentages were not calculated for cities and towns with less than 500 births, as percentages for small denominators are statistically unreliable.

The denominator is the total number of live births to Rhode Island residents from 1989 to 1993.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC