Table 6_1_2-2
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 1998 | |||||
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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 |
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 locationb | 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.