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Table 1.57b: Percent of liveborn infants with very low birth weight (less than 1,500 grams), United States, 1998 and 2001
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2001 |
1998 |
| Population group |
Number |
Percent |
Standard error |
Number |
Percent |
Standard error |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
57,854 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
56,976 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0-14 |
236 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
310 |
3.3 |
0.2 |
| 15-19 |
7,883 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
8,760 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
| 20-24 |
14,162 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
13,331 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| 25-29 |
13,540 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
13,720 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
| 30-34 |
12,630 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
12,143 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| 35 and over |
9,403 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
8,712 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
527 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
499 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
2,052 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1,891 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
| Asian |
1,189 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1,145 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
116 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
114 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
| Black or African American |
18,433 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
18,761 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
| White |
36,842 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
35,825 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hispanic |
9,679 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
8,416 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
| Non-Hispanic |
47,704 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
47,814 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Black or African American |
18,121 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
18,425 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
| White |
27,121 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
27,117 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
29,446 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
28,993 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| Female |
28,408 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
27,983 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's education (age 20 and over) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
8,279 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
7,731 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| High school graduate |
17,069 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
16,794 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| At least some college |
22,933 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
21,784 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
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Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.
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