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Table 6_1_2.2
Live-born infants with very low birth weight (less than 1,500 grams), United States, 1998 and 2005
Population group 2005 1998
Number Percent SE Number Percent SE
Total 61,788 1.5 0.0 56,976 1.4 0.0
Mother's age Under 15 220 3.3 0.2 310 3.3 0.2
15–19 7,783 1.9 0.0 8,760 1.8 0.0
20–24 15,244 1.5 0.0 13,331 1.4 0.0
25–29 14,849 1.3 0.0 13,720 1.3 0.0
30–34 13,312 1.4 0.0 12,143 1.4 0.0
35 and over 10,380 1.7 0.0 8,712 1.7 0.0
Mother's race American Indian/Alaska Native 522 1.2 0.1 499 1.2 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islander 2,639 1.1 0.0 1,891 1.1 0.0
Black 19,910 3.2 0.0 18,761 3.1 0.0
White 38,717 1.2 0.0 35,825 1.1 0.0
Mother's ethnicity Hispanic, all races 11,786 1.2 0.0 8,416 1.1 0.0
Non-Hispanic, all races 49,496 1.6 0.0 47,814 1.5 0.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 19,064 3.3 0.0 18,425 3.1 0.0
Non-Hispanic, White 27,479 1.2 0.0 27,117 1.1 0.0
Gender Male 31,389 1.5 0.0 28,993 1.4 0.0
Female 30,399 1.5 0.0 27,983 1.5 0.0
Mother's education,a age 20 and over Less than high school 6,084 1.4 0.0 7,731 1.4 0.0
High school graduate 12,081 1.6 0.0 16,794 1.5 0.0
At least some college 17,738 1.3 0.0 21,784 1.3 0.0
Residence locationb Metropolitan 52,764 1.5 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
  Large central metro 21,174 1.6 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 13,510 1.4 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
  Medium metro 12,445 1.5 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
  Small metro 5,635 1.5 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 5,650 1.4 0.0 DNA DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 3,374 1.4 0.0 DNA DNA DNA

a Education data are for persons age 20 and over. The 2005 data exclude the following States: FL, ID, KS, KY, NE, NH, NY (not including NYC), PA, SC, TN, TX, and WA, that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate, and are not directly comparable to those of previous years.

b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.

 

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