Maternal Mortality Rates, by Race/Ethnicity,* 2005

Deaths per 100,000 Live Births:

  • Total: 15.1
  • Non-Hispanic White: 11.7
  • Non-Hispanic Black: 39.2
  • Hispanic: 9.6

*Data not reported for Asian/Pacific Islanders, American Indian/Alaska Natives, persons of more than one race, and persons of other races not specified.↑

Source: Kung HC, Hoyert DL, Xu JQ, Murphy SL. Deaths: Final data for 2005. National vital statistics reports; vol 56 no 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.

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