Table 6_1_3-4

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 6_1_3.4
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weight 2,500 grams or more, United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
Total		8,741	2.3	0.0	8,603	2.3	0.0
Mother's age	Less than 15	35	6.1	1.0	25	4.3	0.9
	15–19	1,357	3.6	0.1	1,426	3.8	0.1
	20–24	2,943	3.1	0.1	2,850	3.0	0.1
	25–29	2,103	2.0	0.0	2,023	2.0	0.0
	30–34	1,417	1.6	0.0	1,388	1.5	0.0
	35 and over	885	1.6	0.1	891	1.7	0.1
Race	AI/AN	184	4.4	0.3	180	4.5	0.3
	API	307	1.4	0.1	323	1.6	0.1
	Black	1,878	3.4	0.1	1,848	3.6	0.1
	White	6,372	2.1	0.0	6,251	2.1	0.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,726	1.9	0.0	1,606	1.9	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	6,925	2.4	0.0	6,916	2.4	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,767	3.5	0.1	1,793	3.6	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	4,710	2.2	0.0	4,643	2.2	0.0
Gender	Male	5,124	2.6	0.0	5,000	2.6	0.0
Gender	Female	3,617	2.0	0.0	3,603	2.0	0.0
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	1,175	3.0	0.1	1,210	3.1	0.1
	High school graduate	1,881	2.8	0.1	1,749	2.6	0.1
	At least some college	1,834	1.5	0.0	1,875	1.5	0.0

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file that adjusts for the approximately 2–3% of records each year that cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for subgroups may not add to the total.

^b Excludes data from the following States: FL, ID, KS, KY, NE, NH, NY (not including NYC), PA, SC, TN, TX, and WA, that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Linked Birth and Infant Death Data.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_3-4: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_3-4.html