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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_1_4.1
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group 2005 1999
Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
Total 623 15.1 0.6 391 9.9 0.5
Mother's age Under 20 31 7.4 1.3 32 6.6 1.2
20–24 111 10.7 1.0 61 6.2 0.8
25–29 133 11.8 1.0 88 8.2 0.9
30–34 122 12.8 1.2 90 10.1 1.1
35 and over 226 38.0 2.5 120 23.0 2.1
Race American Indian/Alaska Native * * * * * *
Asian/Pacific Islander 27 11.7 2.2 * * *
Black 231 36.5 2.4 154 25.4 2.0
White 360 11.1 0.6 214 6.8 0.5
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 95 9.6 1.0 67 8.8 1.1
Non-Hispanic, all races 527 16.9 0.7 321 10.2 0.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 229 39.2 2.6 150 25.5 2.1
Non-Hispanic, White 267 11.7 0.7 149 6.4 0.5
Mother's education,a age 20 and over Less than high school 47 22.1 3.2 65 11.8 1.5
High school graduate 100 24.3 2.4 135 12.3 1.1
At least some college 89 11.3 1.2 128 7.2 0.6
Residence locationb Metropolitan 529 15.1 0.7 DNA DNA DNA
  Large central metro 227 17.1 1.1 DNA DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 131 13.6 1.2 DNA DNA DNA
  Medium metro 123 14.8 1.3 DNA DNA DNA
  Small metro 48 12.4 1.8 DNA DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 63 16.0 2.0 DNA DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 31 13.0 2.3 DNA DNA DNA

a Education data are for persons age 20 and over. The 2005 data exclude 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, and are not directly comparable to those of previous years.

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

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - 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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