Table 6_1_3-2

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_3.2
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all birth weights, United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
Total		28,384	6.9	0.0	27,995	6.8	0.0
Mother's age	Less than 15	110	16.4	1.6	107	16.1	1.6
	15–19	4,219	10.2	0.2	4,197	10.1	0.2
	20–24	8,173	7.9	0.1	7,954	7.7	0.1
	25–29	6,824	6.0	0.1	6,484	6.0	0.1
	30–34	5,199	5.5	0.1	5,481	5.6	0.1
	35 and over	3,858	6.5	0.1	3,772	6.6	0.1
Race	AI/AN	361	8.1	0.4	376	8.7	0.5
	API	1,129	4.9	0.1	1,068	4.8	0.1
	Black	8,393	13.3	0.1	8,094	13.5	0.2
	White	18,500	5.7	0.0	18,458	5.7	0.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	5,537	5.6	0.1	5,151	5.6	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	22,472	7.2	0.0	22,396	7.1	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	7,958	13.6	0.2	7,836	13.6	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	13,134	5.8	0.1	13,228	5.7	0.0
Gender	Male	16,015	7.6	0.1	15,882	7.6	0.1
Gender	Female	12,368	6.1	0.1	12,113	6.1	0.1
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	3,246	7.6	0.1	3,267	7.8	0.1
	High school graduate	5,821	7.9	0.1	5,612	7.5	0.1
	At least some college	6,775	5.0	0.1	6,879	5.1	0.1

^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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_3-2: 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_3-2.html