Table 6_1_4.2a
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by race, United States, 2005
Population group |
Total |
White |
Black |
API |
AI/AN |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Total |
15.1 |
0.6 |
11.1 |
0.6 |
36.5 |
2.4 |
11.7 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
Mother's age |
Under 20 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
20–24 |
10.7 |
1.0 |
9.0 |
1.1 |
18.2 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
25–29 |
11.8 |
1.0 |
7.2 |
0.9 |
37.1 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
30–34 |
12.8 |
1.2 |
9.3 |
1.1 |
46.6 |
6.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
35 and over |
38.0 |
2.5 |
28.9 |
2.5 |
112.8 |
13.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Mother's education,a age 20 and over |
Less than high school |
22.1 |
3.2 |
19.8 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High school graduate |
24.3 |
2.4 |
18.2 |
2.4 |
52.4 |
8.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least some college |
11.3 |
1.2 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
38.3 |
6.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan |
15.1 |
0.7 |
10.8 |
0.6 |
37.0 |
2.5 |
11.3 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
Large central metro |
17.1 |
1.1 |
10.5 |
1.1 |
40.0 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Large fringe metro |
13.6 |
1.2 |
10.5 |
1.2 |
35.2 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medium metro |
14.8 |
1.3 |
12.4 |
1.4 |
32.5 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Small metro |
12.4 |
1.8 |
8.9 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
16.0 |
2.0 |
13.7 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore (nonmetro) |
13.0 |
2.3 |
11.9 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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 - Mortality.