Table 6_1_2.4a
Live-born infants with very low birth weight (less than 1,500 grams), by race, United States, 2005
| Population group |
Total |
White |
Black |
API |
AI/AN |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Mother's age |
Under 15 |
3.3 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
4.3 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| 15–19 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
| 20–24 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
| 25–29 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
| 30–34 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
| 35 and over |
1.7 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
0.2 |
| Gender |
Male |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Female |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
| Mother's education,a age 20 and over |
Less than high school |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| High school graduate |
1.6 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| At least some college |
1.3 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
| Geographic locationb |
Metropolitan |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Large central metro |
1.6 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| Large fringe metro |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
| Medium metro |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
| Small metro |
1.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
| Noncore (nonmetro) |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and 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.
b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.
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