2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 71c

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Table 71c
Live-born infants with low birthweight (<2,500 grams), by mother's education, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Less than high school^a		High school graduate^a		At least some college^a
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.1	0.0	8.3	0.0	8.4	0.0	7.2	0.0
Mother's age	20-24	8.1	0.0	8.5	0.1	8.1	0.0	7.3	0.1
	25-29	7.3	0.0	7.6	0.1	7.8	0.1	6.7	0.0
	30-34	7.5	0.0	7.9	0.1	8.6	0.1	7.0	0.0
	35 and over	9.2	0.0	10.0	0.1	10.9	0.1	8.5	0.0
Mother's race	AI/AN	7.5	0.1	8.7	0.3	7.2	0.2	6.5	0.2
	API	7.9	0.1	7.7	0.2	7.7	0.1	7.8	0.1
	Black	13.4	0.0	15.3	0.1	13.7	0.1	12.2	0.1
	White	7.1	0.0	7.2	0.0	7.3	0.0	6.5	0.0
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	6.8	0.0	6.2	0.0	6.7	0.1	6.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	8.5	0.0	11.3	0.1	9.0	0.0	7.3	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.7	0.0	16.1	0.1	13.9	0.1	12.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	7.2	0.0	9.6	0.1	7.6	0.0	6.5	0.0
Residence location^b	Large central metro	8.3	0.0	7.8	0.1	8.5	0.1	7.6	0.0
	Large fringe metro	7.7	0.0	8.0	0.1	8.3	0.1	7.2	0.0
	Medium metro	8.1	0.0	8.7	0.1	8.4	0.1	7.2	0.0
	Small metro	8.0	0.0	8.9	0.1	8.5	0.1	6.8	0.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	8.2	0.0	9.3	0.1	8.3	0.1	6.8	0.1
	Noncore (nonmetro)	8.2	0.1	9.2	0.2	8.5	0.1	6.7	0.1

^a Education data are for persons age 20 and over. Data exclude ID, FL, KY, NH, NY (not including New York City), PA, SC, TN, and WA, which have 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

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