Table 6_1_4-2c

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_4.2c
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by mother's education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		15.1	0.6	22.1	3.2	24.3	2.4	11.3	1.2
Mother's age	20–24	10.7	1.0	*	*	11.3	2.5	*	*
	25–29	11.8	1.0	*	*	*	*	12.3	2.2
	30–34	12.8	1.2	*	*	35.2	7.2	*	*
	35 and over	38.0	2.5	*	*	91.6	15.1	20.9	3.7
Mother's race	AI/AN	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	API	11.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Black	36.5	2.4	*	*	52.4	8.1	38.3	6.5
	White	11.1	0.6	19.8	3.5	18.2	2.4	7.6	1.1
Mother's ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	9.6	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Non-Hispanic, all races	16.9	0.7	23.1	4.5	27.0	2.8	11.0	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	39.2	2.6	*	*	54.3	8.4	39.4	6.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	11.7	0.7	*	*	20.1	2.8	6.9	1.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	15.1	0.7	21.9	3.6	25.5	2.9	11.0	1.3
	Large central metro	17.1	1.1	*	*	34.8	6.4	14.9	3.0
	Large fringe metro	13.6	1.2	*	*	25.5	5.3	8.3	1.9
	Medium metro	14.8	1.3	*	*	25.1	5.5	*	*
	Small metro	12.4	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	16.0	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	13.0	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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_4-2c: 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_4-2c.html