Table 6_1_3-7a

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 6_1_3.7a
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births,^a birth weights 1,500–2,499 grams, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		14.7	0.2	14.8	0.3	15.4	0.5	11.3	0.8	17.9	2.6
Mother's age	Less than 15	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	15–19	17.4	0.7	18.2	0.9	15.3	1.2	*	*	*	*
	20–24	16.9	0.5	17.3	0.6	16.3	0.9	14.0	2.6	*	*
	25–29	13.7	0.5	13.6	0.5	14.9	1.0	9.8	1.5	*	*
	30–34	12.0	0.5	12.1	0.5	12.3	1.1	10.5	1.4	*	*
	35 and over	14.5	0.6	14.2	0.7	17.9	1.5	9.3	1.6	*	*
Gender	Female	12.8	0.3	12.7	0.4	13.4	0.6	10.4	1.1	15.7	3.3
Gender	Male	17.0	0.4	17.1	0.4	17.7	0.8	12.2	1.3	20.4	4.0
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	18.5	0.8	18.9	1.0	17.7	1.6	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	15.7	0.6	15.2	0.7	16.7	1.1	15.0	2.5	*	*
	At least some college	11.2	0.4	11.5	0.4	11.6	0.9	7.6	1.0	*	*

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file which 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 Education data are for mothers age 20 and older only, excluding 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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

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_3-7a: 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_3-7a.html