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Table 6_1_4.3
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by State, 1999 and 2005
State 2005 1999
Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
United States 623 15.1 0.6 391 9.9 0.5
Alabama * * * * * *
Alaska * * * * * *
Arizona * * * * * *
Arkansas * * * * * *
California 77 14.0 1.6 40 7.7 1.2
Colorado * * * * * *
Connecticut * * * * * *
Delaware * * * * * *
District of Columbia * * * * * *
Florida 54 23.9 3.2 32 16.2 2.9
Georgia 32.0 22.5 4.0 26 20.5 4.0
Hawaii * * * * * *
Idaho * * * * * *
Illinois * * * * * *
Indiana * * * * * *
Iowa * * * * * *
Kansas * * * * * *
Kentucky * * * * * *
Louisiana * * * * * *
Maine * * * * * *
Maryland * * * * * *
Massachusetts * * * * * *
Michigan 51 39.9 5.6 * * *
Minnesota * * * * * *
Mississippi * * * * * *
Missouri * * * * * *
Montana * * * * * *
Nebraska * * * * * *
Nevada * * * * * *
New Hampshire * * * * * *
New Jersey 22 19.3 4.1 * * *
New Mexico * * * * * *
New York 49 19.9 2.8 37 14.5 2.4
North Carolina * * * * * *
North Dakota * * * * * *
Ohio * * * * * *
Oklahoma * 40.5 8.8 * * *
Oregon * * * * * *
Pennsylvania * * * * * *
Rhode Island * * * * * *
South Carolina * * * * * *
South Dakota * * * * * *
Tennessee * * * * * *
Texas 39 10.1 1.6 31 8.9 1.6
Utah * * * * * *
Vermont * * * * * *
Virginia * * * * * *
Washington * * * * * *
West Virginia * * * * * *
Wisconsin * * * * * *
Wyoming * * * * * *

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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