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Table 1.58a: Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, United States, 1998 and 2001
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2001 |
1998 |
| Population group |
Numbera |
Rateb |
Standard error |
Numbera |
Rateb |
Standard error |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
27,523 |
6.8 |
0.0 |
28,325 |
7.2 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0-14 |
125 |
16.1 |
1.5 |
174 |
18.4 |
1.4 |
| 15-19 |
4,422 |
9.9 |
0.1 |
4,848 |
10.0 |
0.1 |
| 20-24 |
7,729 |
7.6 |
0.1 |
7,543 |
7.8 |
0.1 |
| 25-29 |
6,411 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
6,840 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
| 30-34 |
5,065 |
5.4 |
0.1 |
5,318 |
6.0 |
0.1 |
| 35 and over |
3,771 |
6.9 |
0.1 |
3,601 |
7.1 |
0.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
404 |
9.7 |
0.5 |
376 |
9.3 |
0.5 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
947 |
4.7 |
0.2 |
956 |
5.5 |
0.2 |
| Asian |
517 |
4.1 |
0.2 |
537 |
5.0 |
0.2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
65 |
7.6 |
0.9 |
82 |
10.0 |
1.1 |
| Black or African American |
8,084 |
13.3 |
0.1 |
8,418 |
13.8 |
0.2 |
| White |
18,087 |
5.7 |
0.0 |
18,575 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hispanic |
4,630 |
5.4 |
0.1 |
4,228 |
5.8 |
0.1 |
| Total, non-Hispanic |
22,512 |
7.1 |
0.0 |
23,605 |
7.5 |
0.0 |
| Black or African American |
7,938 |
13.5 |
0.2 |
8,233 |
13.9 |
0.2 |
| White |
13,300 |
5.7 |
0.0 |
14,119 |
6.0 |
0.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
15,434 |
7.5 |
0.1 |
15,738 |
7.8 |
0.1 |
| Female |
12,089 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
12,588 |
6.5 |
0.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's education (age 20 and over) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
4,473 |
7.6 |
0.1 |
4,429 |
8.2 |
0.1 |
| High school graduate |
7,990 |
7.3 |
0.1 |
8,412 |
7.6 |
0.1 |
| At least some college |
9,333 |
5.1 |
0.1 |
9,268 |
5.3 |
0.1 |
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aThe number of deaths for infant mortality are based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file which adjusts for the approximately 2-3% of records each year which cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for sub-groups may not add to the total.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Linked Birth and infant Death Data.
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