Table 32a: Race - Live-born infants with low birthweight (<2,500 grams), by mother's race, United States, 2000

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	307,030	7.6	2,811	6.8	8,968	7.1	585	6.6	80,778	13	208,818	6.5
Mother's age
Under 15	1,199	14.1	12	*	6	*	2	*	636	16.7	531	12
15-19	44,598	9.5	545	6.8	339	11.3	129	9.4	16,326	13.7	26,730	8
20-24	77,324	7.6	839	6.2	1,107	7.7	170	6.3	24,730	12.2	49,539	6.4
25-29	72,736	6.7	646	6.4	2,436	6.4	125	5.5	16,968	12	51,059	5.8
30-34	63,949	6.9	439	7.2	2,905	6.6	82	5.3	12,527	13.2	46,745	6.1
35 and over	47,224	8.7	330	9	2,175	8	77	8.3	9,591	15.9	34,214	7.7
Gender
Female	160,263	8.1	1,455	7.1	4,615	7.6	284	6.6	43,056	14.1	108,309	7
Male	146,767	7.1	1,356	6.4	4,353	6.6	301	6.6	37,722	11.9	100,509	6.2
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	47,561	8.2	550	7.2	674	6.7	66	8.7	12,334	14.8	33,373	7.1
High school graduate	88,128	7.9	914	6.7	1,850	7.3	236	6.3	26,167	13	57,747	6.8
At least some college	120,410	6.6	738	6.5	5,896	6.9	143	5.1	23,773	11.6	87,268	5.8

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

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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