Table 6_1_2-2

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 6_1_2.2
Live-born infants with very low birth weight (less than 1,500 grams), United States, 1998 and 2005
Population group		2005			1998
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		61,788	1.5	0.0	56,976	1.4	0.0
Mother's age	Under 15	220	3.3	0.2	310	3.3	0.2
	15–19	7,783	1.9	0.0	8,760	1.8	0.0
	20–24	15,244	1.5	0.0	13,331	1.4	0.0
	25–29	14,849	1.3	0.0	13,720	1.3	0.0
	30–34	13,312	1.4	0.0	12,143	1.4	0.0
	35 and over	10,380	1.7	0.0	8,712	1.7	0.0
Mother's race	American Indian/Alaska Native	522	1.2	0.1	499	1.2	0.1
	Asian/Pacific Islander	2,639	1.1	0.0	1,891	1.1	0.0
	Black	19,910	3.2	0.0	18,761	3.1	0.0
	White	38,717	1.2	0.0	35,825	1.1	0.0
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	11,786	1.2	0.0	8,416	1.1	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	49,496	1.6	0.0	47,814	1.5	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	19,064	3.3	0.0	18,425	3.1	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	27,479	1.2	0.0	27,117	1.1	0.0
Gender	Male	31,389	1.5	0.0	28,993	1.4	0.0
Gender	Female	30,399	1.5	0.0	27,983	1.5	0.0
Mother's education,^a age 20 and over	Less than high school	6,084	1.4	0.0	7,731	1.4	0.0
	High school graduate	12,081	1.6	0.0	16,794	1.5	0.0
	At least some college	17,738	1.3	0.0	21,784	1.3	0.0
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	52,764	1.5	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	21,174	1.6	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	13,510	1.4	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	12,445	1.5	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	5,635	1.5	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	5,650	1.4	0.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	3,374	1.4	0.0	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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_2-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_2-2.html