Table T2_6_1_4-2a

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_6_1_4.2a
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by race, United States, 2005
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		15.1	0.6	11.1	0.6	36.5	2.4	11.7	2.2	DSU	DSU
Mother's age	Under 20	7.4	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	20–24	10.7	1.0	9.0	1.1	18.2	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	25–29	11.8	1.0	7.2	0.9	37.1	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	30–34	12.8	1.2	9.3	1.1	46.6	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	35 and over	38.0	2.5	28.9	2.5	112.8	13.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mother's education, age 20 and over^a	Less than high school	22.1	3.2	19.8	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	24.3	2.4	18.2	2.4	52.4	8.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	11.3	1.2	7.6	1.1	38.3	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	15.1	0.7	10.8	0.6	37.0	2.5	11.3	2.3	DSU	DSU
	Large central metro	17.1	1.1	10.5	1.1	40.0	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	13.6	1.2	10.5	1.2	35.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	14.8	1.3	12.4	1.4	32.5	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	12.4	1.8	8.9	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	16.0	2.0	13.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	13.0	2.3	11.9	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (not including New York City), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate.

^b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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 - Mortality.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_6_1_4-2a: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/6_maternalchildhealth/T2_6_1_4-2a.html