Table 6_1_3.8c
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births,a birth weight 2,500 grams or more, by mother's education, United States, 2005
| Population group |
Total |
Less than high schoolb |
High school graduateb |
At least some collegeb |
| Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
| Total |
2.3 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Mother's age |
20–24 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
3.7 |
0.1 |
3.4 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
| 25–29 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
0.2 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
| 30–34 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
| 35 and over |
1.6 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
| Mother's race |
AI/AN |
4.4 |
0.3 |
5.8 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
3.4 |
0.6 |
| API |
1.4 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
| Black |
3.4 |
0.1 |
5.1 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
0.1 |
| White |
2.1 |
0.0 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
2.7 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| Mother's ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
1.9 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races |
2.4 |
0.0 |
4.7 |
0.2 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
3.5 |
0.1 |
5.7 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
2.2 |
0.0 |
4.4 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
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: 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.
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