Access to early and consistent prenatal care increases the likelihood of having a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery for both mothers and babies.
Key Facts
- In Trenton, 57.8% of women had “adequate” prenatal care (prenatal care beginning by the end of the fourth month of pregnancy and receiving at least 80% of recommended prenatal visits) based on the Kotelchuck Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index (2017)--far below rates for Mercer County (71.1%) and New Jersey (72.3%).
- While there is prenatal care available in Trenton, there have been no hospital deliveries within the city limits. The two closest labor and delivery units to Trenton are Capital Health, Hopewell Campus, and Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro.
- According to one-year US Census Bureau 2017 estimates, approximately 43% of women in Trenton, 19-44 years old were using Medicaid. However, as of 2019, the Capital Health HealthStart Clinic is the only prenatal care provider that accepts Medicaid in Trenton. It is important to consider the lack of prenatal options for women with Medicaid, who are more than twice as likely (29%) to receive late care starting after the first trimester, or no prenatal care compared to women who use private insurance (13%).
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