Table 30c: Education - HIV-infection deaths per 100,000 population, by education, United States, 2000^a

	Total		Less than high school graduate*		High school graduate*		At least some college*
Population group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	14,477	5.3	3,152	19.8	5,796	13.2	3,137	4.1
Age (not age adjusted)
25-44	8,356	10.2	5,192	57.1	9,390	37.7	4,897	11.1
45-64	5,381	8.8	4,264	54.4	7,998	42.1	4,514	14.4
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	57	2.7	11	**	18	**	18	**
Asian or Pacific Islander	75	0.7	5	**	26	2	30	0.8
Black or African American	7,848	23.7	1,916	81.4	3,178	54.2	1,263	17.1
White	6,497	2.8	1,220	9.6	2,574	7.1	1,826	2.8
Ethnicity
Hispanic	1,908	7	565	9.4	811	20.5	284	6.5
Non-Hispanic	12,389	5	2,577	26.9	4,949	12.5	2,841	4
Black or African American	7,708	24.4	1,901	88.8	3,136	56	1,253	17.7
White	4,562	2.3	662	10	1,771	5.5	1,544	2.6
Gender
Female	3,610	2.6	978	12.6	1,554	7.1	491	1.2
Male	10,867	8	2,174	26.9	4,242	19.8	2,646	7.1

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

*Education data are for persons age 25-64 years only.

**Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

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