Table T2_6_1_4-2c
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 15.1 | 0.6 | 22.1 | 3.2 | 24.3 | 2.4 | 11.3 | 1.2 | |
| Mother's age | 20–24 | 10.7 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | 11.3 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU |
| 25–29 | 11.8 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 12.3 | 2.2 | |
| 30–34 | 12.8 | 1.2 | DSU | DSU | 35.2 | 7.2 | DSU | DSU | |
| 35 and over | 38.0 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | 91.6 | 15.1 | 20.9 | 3.7 | |
| Race | AI/AN | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| API | 11.7 | 2.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Black | 36.5 | 2.4 | DSU | DSU | 52.4 | 8.1 | 38.3 | 6.5 | |
| White | 11.1 | 0.6 | 19.8 | 3.5 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 1.1 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 9.6 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 16.9 | 0.7 | 23.1 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 1.2 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 39.2 | 2.6 | DSU | DSU | 54.3 | 8.4 | 39.4 | 6.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 11.7 | 0.7 | DSU | DSU | 20.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 1.1 | |
| Geographic locationb | Metropolitan | 15.1 | 0.7 | 21.9 | 3.6 | 25.5 | 2.9 | 11.0 | 1.3 |
| Large central metro | 17.1 | 1.1 | DSU | DSU | 34.8 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 3.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 13.6 | 1.2 | DSU | DSU | 25.5 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 1.9 | |
| Medium metro | 14.8 | 1.3 | DSU | DSU | 25.1 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | |
| Small metro | 12.4 | 1.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan | 16.0 | 2.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore | 13.0 | 2.3 | 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.


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