Table 6_1_3-5a

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_3.5a
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births,^a birth weight less than 1,500 grams, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		245.0	2.2	234.2	2.7	266.9	4.1	237.7	10.5	236.9	23.4
Mother's age	Less than 15	284.1	40.3	248.5	58.7	297.9	55.4	*	*	*	*
	15–19	284.3	6.8	279.2	8.9	290.0	10.7	346.5	60.9	243.4	60.4
	20–24	257.6	4.6	246.5	5.8	273.4	7.6	260.2	29.6	290.6	49.5
	25–29	246.8	4.5	234.4	5.4	274.7	8.6	236.7	22.4	208.8	43.2
	30–34	225.2	4.5	214.4	5.4	249.2	9.3	242.4	18.5	*	*
	35 and over	218.6	5.0	214.1	6.1	234.5	10.1	200.9	18.4	*	*
Gender	Female	220.5	2.9	214.3	3.7	231.7	5.3	226.4	14.7	216.8	31.8
Gender	Male	268.5	3.3	253.0	4.0	302.4	6.2	248.1	14.9	255.9	34.1
Mother's education,^b age 20 and over	Less than high school	244.0	7.0	248.2	8.8	232.6	12.3	257.5	43.8	271.1	63.3
	High school graduate	253.5	5.1	248.9	6.7	262.3	8.4	241.4	24.8	231.9	42.1
	At least some college	221.4	3.9	207.5	4.7	254.0	8.0	222.6	14.3	189.2	42.8

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file which 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 Education data are for mothers age 20 and older only, excluding 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_3-5a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_3-5a.html