Table 6_1_4-2a

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_4.2a
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, 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		15.1	0.6	11.1	0.6	36.5	2.4	11.7	2.2	*	*
Mother's age	Under 20	7.4	1.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	20–24	10.7	1.0	9.0	1.1	18.2	3.0	*	*	*	*
	25–29	11.8	1.0	7.2	0.9	37.1	4.9	*	*	*	*
	30–34	12.8	1.2	9.3	1.1	46.6	6.8	*	*	*	*
	35 and over	38.0	2.5	28.9	2.5	112.8	13.1	*	*	*	*
Mother's education,^a age 20 and over	Less than high school	22.1	3.2	19.8	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	24.3	2.4	18.2	2.4	52.4	8.1	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	11.3	1.2	7.6	1.1	38.3	6.5	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	15.1	0.7	10.8	0.6	37.0	2.5	11.3	2.3	*	*
	Large central metro	17.1	1.1	10.5	1.1	40.0	3.8	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	13.6	1.2	10.5	1.2	35.2	5.1	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	14.8	1.3	12.4	1.4	32.5	5.5	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	12.4	1.8	8.9	1.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	16.0	2.0	13.7	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	13.0	2.3	11.9	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and 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.

^b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

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 - Mortality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_4-2a: 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_4-2a.html