Table 6_1_4-1

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_4.1
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group		2005			1999
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		623	15.1	0.6	391	9.9	0.5
Mother's age	Under 20	31	7.4	1.3	32	6.6	1.2
	20–24	111	10.7	1.0	61	6.2	0.8
	25–29	133	11.8	1.0	88	8.2	0.9
	30–34	122	12.8	1.2	90	10.1	1.1
	35 and over	226	38.0	2.5	120	23.0	2.1
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian/Pacific Islander	27	11.7	2.2	*	*	*
	Black	231	36.5	2.4	154	25.4	2.0
	White	360	11.1	0.6	214	6.8	0.5
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	95	9.6	1.0	67	8.8	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	527	16.9	0.7	321	10.2	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	229	39.2	2.6	150	25.5	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	267	11.7	0.7	149	6.4	0.5
Mother's education,^a age 20 and over	Less than high school	47	22.1	3.2	65	11.8	1.5
	High school graduate	100	24.3	2.4	135	12.3	1.1
	At least some college	89	11.3	1.2	128	7.2	0.6
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	529	15.1	0.7	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	227	17.1	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	131	13.6	1.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	123	14.8	1.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	48	12.4	1.8	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	63	16.0	2.0	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	31	13.0	2.3	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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_4-1: 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_4-1.html