Early prenatal care is associated with contributing to good birth outcomes and the preventing low-birthweight and infant mortality.
Prenatal care includes risk assessment, medical treatment and health education.
3 Low Birthweight Low birthweight is a risk factor for infant mortality. Low birthweight is also an indicator that women are not getting prenatal care, or are getting prenatal care in the late stages of pregnancy. 6 Infant Mortality Infant mortality one of the universally accepted measure of the overall health status and social well-being of a population. The draft national health objective 2010 for all infant deaths is no more than 5 deaths per 1,000 live births. The infant death rate among Filipinos in the U.S. rose from 5.1 in 1991 to 1995 to 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births.