Unintended childbearing: pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system--Oklahoma, 1988-1991.

Unintended pregnancies may be associated with delays in the initiation of prenatal care and behaviors during pregnancy that increase the risk for adverse birth outcomes (1,2). Based on estimates from the 1988 National Survey of Family Growth, 28% of births were mistimed during the 3-4 years before the survey, and 12% were unwanted (3). In Oklahoma, family-planning services are provided as an element of the state's maternal and child health program efforts, and the state has made a priority of identifying mothers at high risk for unintended pregnancy. This report summarizes an analysis of data from the Oklahoma Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) to assess the risk for unintended childbearing in Oklahoma during 1988-1991.