Maternal and Child Health Data
- Purpose: To assess health status and determine maternal and child health needs.
- Key Information: All births, deaths, or fetal deaths that occurred in Rhode Island and/or to a mother who is a Rhode Island.
- Collection Period: 1989 to present.
Rhode Island Numbers
- Family Planning/Birth Control:
Between 1999 and 2004, the number of clients seen at Rhode Island’s Title X-funded family planning
clinics rose by 80.9%, from 12,099 to 21,892. Of the clients seen in 2004, 75.2% were aged 18-44; 47.7% were
non-White; 35.3% were of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity; 47% had no health insurance; and 39.4% were covered by
Medicaid.
- Pregnancy rate: During the 1990’s, Rhode Island experienced a decrease in the number of pregnancies (live births, induced
abortions, and spontaneous abortions) among its residents. Between 1990 and 1999, the total number of pregnancies
among women of all ages decreased by 22.9%, from 22,922 to 17,187. However, along with the new millennium
came more change and the number of pregnancies began to rise. Between 1999 and 2003, the number of
pregnancies among Rhode Island residents increased by 8.8%, from 17,187 to 18,705
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Fertility Rates by Age Group, 2003
Source: Rhode Island Needs Assessment, 2006, figure 12
