National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006: Table 68c

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Table 68c
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by education, United States, 2003

		Total		Less than high school^a		High school graduate^a		At least some college^a
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		12.1	0.5	13.2	1.8	15.4	1.4	8.6	0.8
Age	20-24	7.7	0.9	*	*	7.9	1.5	*	*
	25-29	8.7	0.9	*	*	8.9	2.0	5.0	1.1
	30-34	10.9	1.1	*	*	21.5	3.9	5.9	1.1
	35 and over	33.1	2.4	*	*	54.3	8.3	21.9	2.9
Race	AI/AN	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	API	11.3	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Black	30.5	2.3	37.0	7.7	36.1	5.0	26.9	4.2
	White	8.7	0.5	8.3	1.6	10.5	1.3	5.6	0.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	10.1	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Non-Hispanic, all races	12.7	0.6	17.5	2.9	17.1	1.6	8.7	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	31.2	2.3	37.2	7.9	37.1	5.1	26.9	4.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	8.1	0.6	*	*	11.2	1.6	5.6	0.7

^a Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.

* 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 Vital Statistics System.