Live-born infants with low birthweight (<2,500 grams), by mother's educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 7.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's age | 20-24 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| 25-29 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | |
| 30-34 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 0.0 | |
| 35 and over | 9.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's race | AI/AN | 7.2 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Asian | 7.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 0.1 | |
| NHOPI | 7.3 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.4 | |
| Black | 13.3 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.1 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 0.1 | |
| White | 6.8 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's ethnicity | Hispanic (all races) | 6.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 8.2 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 13.4 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 0.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 6.9 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | |
a Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.