Table 43c: Education - Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by education, United States, 2001

	Total			Less than high school graduate*			High school graduate*			At least some college*
Population group	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total	399	9.9	0.5	61	10.3	1.3	130	11.8	1.0	125	6.8	0.6
Mother's age
20-24	70	6.9	0.8	12	**	**	30	6.7	1.2	18	**	**
25-29	90	8.5	0.9	17	**	**	37	11.6	1.9	26	4.6	0.9
30-34	95	10.1	1.0	12	**	**	32	15.0	2.7	36	5.8	1.0
35 and over	104	18.9	1.9	20	36.7	8.2	31	25.2	4.5	45	12.4	1.8
Mother's race
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	**	**	1	**	**	2	**	**	1	**	**
Asian	7	**	**	0	**	**	1	**	**	6	**	**
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	**	**	0	**	**	0	**	**	0	**	**
Black or African American	150	24.7	2.0	15	**	**	46	23.2	3.4	50	24.6	3.5
White	228	7.2	0.5	43	8.9	1.4	79	9.4	1.1	65	4.4	0.5
Mother's ethnicity
Hispanic	81	9.5	1.1	30	9.5	1.7	29	13.3	2.5	8	**	**
Non-Hispanic	317	10.1	0.6	30	11	2.0	101	11.5	1.1	117	7.1	0.7
Black or African American	146	24.7	2.0	15	**	**	44	22.8	3.4	48	24.1	3.5
White	151	6.5	0.5	13	**	**	52	8.3	1.2	59	4.5	0.6

^*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).

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.

Return to Contents