Table 6_1_3-3

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_3.3
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weights 1,500–2,499 grams, United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
Total		4,082	14.7	0.2	3,976	15.0	0.2
Mother's age	Less than 15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	15–19	588	17.4	0.7	583	17.9	0.7
	20–24	1,199	16.9	0.5	1,155	16.9	0.5
	25–29	940	13.7	0.5	878	14.0	0.5
	30–34	700	12.0	0.5	746	12.8	0.5
	35 and over	645	14.5	0.6	599	14.1	0.6
Race	AI/AN	50	17.9	2.6	49	18.8	2.7
	API	178	11.3	0.8	163	11.0	0.9
	Black	1,014	15.4	0.5	938	15.2	0.5
	White	2,840	14.8	0.3	2,825	15.2	0.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	857	15.3	0.5	771	15.3	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	3,194	14.6	0.3	3,160	14.9	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	952	15.2	0.5	911	15.2	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	2,031	14.6	0.3	2,054	15.1	0.3
Gender	Male	2,194	17.0	0.4	2,120	17.2	0.4
Gender	Female	1,888	12.8	0.3	1,855	13.1	0.3
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	555	18.5	0.8	532	18.3	0.8
	High school graduate	806	15.7	0.6	799	15.9	0.6
	At least some college	919	11.2	0.4	931	11.8	0.4

^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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

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_3-3: 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_3-3.html