Table 6_1

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Table 6_1_3.1
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weight less than 1,500 grams, United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
Total		15,439	245.0	2.2	15,247	252.0	2.3
Mother's age	Less than 15	64	284.1	40.3	67	322.1	45.4
	15–19	2,261	284.3	6.8	2,170	280.2	6.8
	20–24	4,006	257.6	4.6	3,904	264.5	4.8
	25–29	3,745	246.8	4.5	3,539	249.8	4.7
	30–34	3,059	225.2	4.5	3,314	245.3	4.8
	35 and over	2,304	218.6	5.0	2,253	222.7	5.2
Race	AI/AN	127	236.9	23.4	145	254.1	23.6
	API	638	237.7	10.5	578	236.3	10.9
	Black	5,448	266.9	4.1	5,253	278.5	4.3
	White	9,225	234.2	2.7	9,271	240.0	2.8
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,936	245.2	5.0	2,747	255.8	5.5
	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,262	242.8	2.4	12,221	248.7	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5,190	265.7	4.1	5,087	276.9	4.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	6,355	227.3	3.2	6,479	231.7	3.2
Gender	Male	8,617	268.5	3.3	8,650	280.1	3.4
Gender	Female	6,822	220.5	2.9	6,597	222.7	3.0
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	1,507	244.0	7.0	1,508	249.0	7.2
	High school graduate	3,114	253.5	5.1	3,034	255.2	5.2
	At least some college	3,996	221.4	3.9	4,049	227.9	4.0

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file that 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 Excludes data from 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.

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.