Table 6_1_3-7c

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 6_1_3.7c
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births,^a birth weights 1,500–2,499 grams, by mother's education, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school^b		High school graduate^b		At least some college^b
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		14.7	0.2	18.5	0.8	15.7	0.6	11.2	0.4
Mother's age	20–24	16.9	0.5	20.1	1.2	15.8	0.9	13.3	1.0
	25–29	13.7	0.5	18.2	1.5	15.0	1.0	9.8	0.7
	30–34	12.0	0.5	15.7	1.8	14.4	1.3	10.2	0.6
	35 and over	14.5	0.6	16.9	2.2	18.4	1.6	12.9	0.8
Mother's race	AI/AN	17.9	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	API	11.3	0.8	*	*	15.0	2.5	7.6	1.0
	Black	15.4	0.5	17.7	1.6	16.7	1.1	11.6	0.9
	White	14.8	0.3	18.9	1.0	15.2	0.7	11.5	0.4
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	15.3	0.5	18.3	1.2	15.5	1.3	10.6	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.6	0.3	18.8	1.1	15.6	0.6	11.3	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	15.2	0.5	18.2	1.6	16.3	1.1	11.6	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.6	0.3	19.3	1.5	15.3	0.8	11.7	0.5

^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_3-7c: 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_3-7c.html