Table T2_6_1_4-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_6_1_4.1
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, United States, 2000–2005
		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		15.1	0.6	13.1	0.6	12.1	0.5	8.9	0.5	9.9	0.5	9.8	DNA
Mother's age	Under 20	7.4	1.3	6.6	1.3	6.2	1.2	6.7	1.2	8.8	1.4	DSU	DNA
	20–24	10.7	1.0	10.8	1.0	7.7	0.9	5.8	0.8	6.9	0.8	7.4	DNA
	25–29	11.8	1.0	11.0	1.0	8.7	0.9	7.5	0.8	8.5	0.9	7.9	DNA
	30–34	12.8	1.2	11.8	1.1	10.9	1.1	9.3	1.0	10.1	1.0	10.0	DNA
	35 and over	38.0	2.5	28.2	2.2	33.1	2.4	18.4	1.8	18.9	1.9	22.7	DNA
Race	AI/AN	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA
	API	11.7	2.2	9.6	2.0	11.3	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA
	Black	36.5	2.4	34.7	2.4	30.5	2.3	24.9	2.0	24.7	2.0	22.0	DNA
	White	11.1	0.6	9.3	0.5	8.7	0.5	6.0	0.4	7.2	0.5	7.5	DNA
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	9.6	1.0	8.5	0.9	10.1	1.1	7.1	0.9	9.5	1.1	9.9	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, all races	16.9	0.7	14.6	0.7	12.7	0.6	9.3	0.5	10.1	0.6	9.8	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, Black	39.2	2.6	36.1	2.5	31.2	2.3	24.9	2.1	24.7	2.0	22.3	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, White	11.7	0.7	9.8	0.7	8.1	0.6	5.6	0.5	6.5	0.5	6.8	DNA
Mother's education, age 20 and over^a	Less than high school	22.1	3.2	12.0	1.9	13.2	1.8	9.2	1.2	10.3	1.3	13.1	DNA
	High school graduate	24.3	2.4	14.7	1.6	15.4	1.4	12.7	1.1	11.8	1.0	12.6	DNA
	At least some college	11.3	1.2	9.5	0.9	8.6	0.8	5.8	0.6	6.8	0.6	7.1	DNA
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	15.1	0.7	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	17.1	1.1	16.5	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	13.6	1.2	10.1	1.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	14.8	1.3	11.5	1.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	12.4	1.8	12.6	1.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan	16.0	2.0	11.9	1.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore	13.0	2.3	15.3	2.6	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (not including New York City), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - 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.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_6_1_4-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/6_maternalchildhealth/T2_6_1_4-1.html