Objective To explore the influencing factors of antenatal care of women from urban and rural areas and the perinatal complications.Method To choose 20 128 pregnant women at Dezhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital

and 8 051 were from urban area and 12 077 from the rural.The influencing factors of antenatal care and perinatal complications of the two groups were compared.Results The proportion of urban pregnant women who received health education and maintained regular antenatal examination was higher than that of rural pregnant women

and the difference was statistically significant;the detection proportion of perinatal complications in urban pregnant women was lower than that of rural pregnant women

and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.01）.Conclusion The level of antenatal care of rural pregnant women is lower than that of urban pregnant women.It is necessary to popularize the knowledge about antenatal care

and to promote the awareness of antenatal care in rural pregnant women so that they can maintain regular antenatal examination for the decrease of perinatal complications and the guarantee of mother and infant security.