Table 41a: Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight 1,500-2,499 grams, by race, United States, 2001

	Total			AI/AN			Asian			NHOPI			Black or African American			White
Population group	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total	3,806	15.2	0.2	69	27	3.3	92	11.7	1.2	9	*	*	903	15	0.5	2,675	15.2	0.3
Mother's age
Under 15	12	*	*	2	*	*	1	*	*	0	*	*	5	*	*	4	*	*
15-19	592	17.3	0.7	8	*	*	4	*	*	1	*	*	199	16.8	1.2	376	17.8	0.9
20-24	1,055	16.2	0.5	29	36.9	6.9	16	*	*	3	*	*	305	15.8	0.9	695	16.2	0.6
25-29	886	15.2	0.5	12	*	*	18	*	*	3	*	*	190	15.4	1.1	641	15.4	0.6
30-34	671	12.5	0.5	11	*	*	25	9.8	2.0	1	*	*	100	11.0	1.1	519	12.9	0.6
35 and over	590	15.1	0.6	6	*	*	27	15.1	2.9	1	*	*	105	14.8	1.5	440	15.1	0.7
Gender
Female	1,774	13.2	0.3	27	20.6	4.0	53	12.8	1.8	3	*	*	412	12.6	0.6	1,255	13.5	0.4
Male	2,032	17.3	0.4	41	34.1	5.4	39	10.5	1.7	6	*	*	491	18.0	0.8	1,420	17.2	0.5
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	722	18.0	0.7	12	*	*	11	*	*	1	*	*	162	17.3	1.4	529	18.2	0.8
High school graduate	1,109	15.4	0.5	31	38.1	6.9	20	13.2	3.0	3	*	*	274	13.8	0.8	762	15.7	0.6
At least some college	1,253	12.5	0.4	13	*	*	53	9.8	1.4	3	*	*	238	13.5	0.9	921	12.4	0.4

^*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; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

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

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