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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 6_1_4.2c
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by mother's education,a United States, 2005
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   15.1 0.6 22.1 3.2 24.3 2.4 11.3 1.2
Mother's age 20-24 10.7 1.0 DSU DSU 11.3 2.5 DSU DSU
25-29 11.8 1.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU 12.3 2.2
30-34 12.8 1.2 DSU DSU 35.2 7.2 DSU DSU
35 and over 38.0 2.5 DSU DSU 91.6 15.1 20.9 3.7
Race AI/AN DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
API 11.7 2.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black 36.5 2.4 DSU DSU 52.4 8.1 38.3 6.5
White 11.1 0.6 19.8 3.5 18.2 2.4 7.6 1.1
Hispanic, all races 9.6 1.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 16.9 0.7 23.1 4.5 27.0 2.8 11.0 1.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 39.2 2.6 DSU DSU 54.3 8.4 39.4 6.7
Non-Hispanic, White 11.7 0.7 DSU DSU 20.1 2.8 6.9 1.1
Geographic locationb Metropolitan 15.1 0.7 21.9 3.6 25.5 2.9 11.0 1.3
  Large central metropolitan 17.1 1.1 DSU DSU 34.8 6.4 14.9 3.0
  Large fringe metropolitan 13.6 1.2 DSU DSU 25.5 5.3 8.3 1.9
  Medium metropolitan 14.8 1.3 DSU DSU 25.1 5.5 DSU DSU
  Small metropolitan 12.4 1.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan 16.0 2.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore 13.0 2.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU

a. Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (not including NYC), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

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

DSU - 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.

 
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