Table 42a: Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight >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	8,989	2.4	0.0	208	5.4	0.4	167	1.4	0.1	23	2.9	0.6	2,009	3.8	0.1	6,461	2.2	0.0
Mother's age
Under 15	35	5.2	0.9	0	*	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	13	*	*	22	6.0	1.3
15-19	1,592	3.9	0.1	43	5.9	0.9	1	*	*	9	*	*	462	4.8	0.2	1,061	3.6	0.1
20-24	2,882	3.1	0.1	86	6.5	0.7	20	1.6	0.4	5	*	*	734	4.2	0.2	2,011	2.8	0.1
25-29	2,062	2.1	0.0	37	4.0	0.7	57	1.6	0.2	6	*	*	393	3.3	0.2	1,535	1.9	0.0
30-34	1,445	1.6	0.0	23	4.1	0.9	52	1.3	0.2	3	*	*	258	3.1	0.2	1,081	1.5	0.0
35 and over	972	1.9	0.1	18	*	*	37	1.5	0.2	0	*	*	148	2.9	0.2	752	1.8	0.1
Gender
Female	3,879	2.1	0.0	92	4.8	0.5	74	1.3	0.2	9	*	*	892	3.5	0.1	2,759	1.9	0.0
Male	5,110	2.7	0.0	116	5.9	0.5	93	1.5	0.2	14	*	*	1,117	4.1	0.1	3,702	2.4	0.0
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	1,755	3.2	0.1	54	7.7	1.0	13	*	*	2	*	*	358	5.2	0.3	1,308	2.9	0.1
High school graduate	2,673	2.6	0.1	61	4.7	0.6	38	1.7	0.3	10	*	*	670	3.9	0.2	1,858	2.4	0.1
At least some college	2,759	1.6	0.0	42	3.9	0.6	109	1.4	0.1	1	*	*	463	2.6	0.1	2,094	1.5	0.0

^*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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