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Inadequate Prenatal Care (Missouri Index) Women who receive inadequate prenatal care, as defined by the Missouri Index. This index is measured by women who had live births with fewer than five prenatal care visits for pregnancies less than 37 weeks gestation, fewer than eight visits for pregnancies 37 or more weeks, or for whom prenatal care began after the first four months of pregnancy. Bolded values indicate margins of error, hover over them to view in detail.
Year	By	State of Missouri	Boone County
2016 - 2020
	Total	20.49 per 100 resident live births 69,482.00	14.36 per 100 resident live births 1,423.00
	Black	35.65 per 100 resident live births 18,054.00	27.56 per 100 resident live births 420.00
	White	16.89 per 100 resident live births 45,282.00	10.79 per 100 resident live births 818.00
2011 - 2015
	Total	18.87 per 100 resident live births 65,562.00	12.52 per 100 resident live births 1,047.00
	Black	33.22 per 100 resident live births 17,104.00	23.05 per 100 resident live births 310.00
	White	15.86 per 100 resident live births 44,064.00	10.16 per 100 resident live births 644.00
Suggested citation: Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services. Prenatal Care Adequacy (Missouri Index): Inadequate. Missouri Public Health Information Management System (MOPHIMS). Birth MICA. Cited in the Boone Indicators Dashboard as Inadequate Prenatal Care. http://booneindicators.org/IndicatorView.aspx?id=4928
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