Adequate prenatal care, from early in the pregnancy and continuing throughout, is the primary predictor of the birth of healthy babies. Delayed or insufficient prenatal care is associated with low birthweight and other health-related risk factors for infants. In Spartanburg County in 2005, 33.2% of pregnant women received less than adequate prenatal care, 29.2% received no prenatal care for the first three months of pregnancy, and 28 women who gave birth received no prenatal care at all. Table 14 illustrates that, among peer counties and compared to the state average, generally greater percentages of women in Spartanburg County receive prenatal care.



Figure 10 shows a significant difference by race in prenatal care, with the greatest disparity (13.3%) between whites and blacks/others occurring in Spartanburg.