2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix, Table 6_1_3.1

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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 6_1_3.1_2c
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births,^a birth weight less than 1,500 grams, by mother's education,^b 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		245.0	2.2	244.0	7.0	253.5	5.1	221.4	3.9
Mother's age	20-24	257.6	4.6	255.6	11.0	263.2	8.4	242.8	10.1
	25-29	246.8	4.5	258.0	14.2	258.8	9.8	230.3	7.6
	30-34	225.2	4.5	227.9	15.9	242.4	11.3	212.2	6.7
	35 and over	218.6	5.0	200.6	17.2	233.4	12.5	209.3	7.5
Race	AI/AN	236.9	23.4	271.1	63.3	231.9	42.1	189.2	42.8
	API	237.7	10.5	257.5	43.8	241.4	24.8	222.6	14.3
	Black	266.9	4.1	232.6	12.3	262.3	8.4	254.0	8.0
	White	234.2	2.7	248.2	8.8	248.9	6.7	207.5	4.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	245.2	5.0	243.5	10.9	232.2	11.7	214.3	12.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	242.8	2.4	243.7	9.1	256.6	5.6	221.8	4.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	265.7	4.1	232.5	12.7	262.8	8.5	254.7	8.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	227.3	3.2	252.1	14.0	252.9	8.0	205.7	5.0

^a. The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file, which adjusts for the approximately 2-3% of records each year that cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for subgroups may not add to the total.

^b. Education data are for mothers age 20 and older only, excluding data from 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.

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 - Linked Birth and Infant Death Data.