In 2020, 7.1% of mothers received late or no prenatal care. Late prenatal care is care that begins after the start of the third trimester.

People who live in rural Western North Carolina face challenges that can prevent accessing care, like transportation and the distance they live away from OB services, particularly higher level services. But some eastern counties, like Granville, have the highest rates of inadequate prenatal care in the state.
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