2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 77b

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Table 77b
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by ethnicity, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		13.1	0.6	14.6	0.7	9.8	0.7	36.1	2.5	8.5	0.9
Mother's age	Less than 20	6.6	1.3	7.4	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	20-24	10.8	1.0	13.4	1.3	7.7	1.2	29.1	3.9	*	*
	25-29	11.0	1.0	11.8	1.2	6.6	1.0	39.1	5.3	8.6	1.8
	30-34	11.8	1.1	12.2	1.3	8.4	1.2	43.2	6.8	*	*
	35 and over	28.2	2.2	30.0	2.5	22.8	2.5	82.7	11.8	20.2	4.5
Mother's education,^a age 20 and over	Less than high school	12.0	1.9	21.0	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	14.7	1.6	16.6	1.9	9.3	1.6	43.9	6.5	*	*
	At least some college	9.5	0.9	9.6	1.0	6.0	0.9	37.3	5.7	*	*
Residence location^b	Large central metro	16.5	1.1	20.1	1.5	11.0	1.5	40.2	4.0	10.1	1.5
	Large fringe metro	10.1	1.0	10.9	1.2	6.9	1.1	33.3	5.3	*	*
	Medium metro	11.5	1.2	13.0	1.4	10.9	1.5	27.8	5.3	*	*
	Small metro	12.6	1.8	13.9	2.1	10.1	2.0	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	11.9	1.8	12.5	1.9	10.3	1.9	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	15.3	2.6	16.0	2.7	12.3	2.6	*	*	*	*

^a Data are from 36 reporting States and the District of Columbia. Data are not directly comparable to those of previous years.

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

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.