Prenatal Care Timing by Maternal Age and New York County

2008 onward data contains the percentage of New York State live births with early prenatal care versus late or no prenatal care, broken down by mother's age range and county of residence. It is published by the New York State Department of Health via health.data.ny.gov. The dataset was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in prenatal care access over time using the Year and Value columns.
• Compare prenatal care percentages across different geographic regions using the County column.
• Assess disparities in care timing by maternal age groups using the Mother's Age Range column.
• Filter and aggregate data for specific metrics using the Measure and Table columns.

Strengths

• Data spans from 2008 onward, providing over a decade of temporal coverage.
• Includes breakdowns by multiple key dimensions: county, maternal age range, and year.
• Published by a state health department, indicating an official source.

Limitations

• Exact sample size (number of live births) is unknown, limiting statistical precision assessment.
• Data is specific to New York State, limiting generalizability to other regions.
• Potential for data updates causing discrepancies with other official tables is noted.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Health (health.data.ny.gov).

Collection Method

Aggregated from official Vital Statistics records of live births.

Time Range

Beginning 2008.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York State, United States, by county.