Table 33b: Ethnicity - Live-born infants with very low birthweight (<1,500 grams), by mother's ethnicity, United States, 2000

					Non-Hispanic
	Total		Hispanic*		Total**		Black or African American		White
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	57,967	1.4	9,333	1.1	47,958	1.5	18,733	3.1	26,786	1.1
Mother's age
Under 15	279	3.3	68	2.6	207	3.6	160	4.3	40	2.2
15-19	8,430	1.8	1,694	1.3	6,634	2	3,370	2.9	3,041	1.5
20-24	13,973	1.4	2,373	1	11,470	1.5	5,302	2.7	5,791	1.1
25-29	13,732	1.3	2,163	1	11,422	1.3	4,240	3.1	6,592	1
30-34	12,507	1.3	1,741	1.2	10,603	1.4	3,327	3.6	6,594	1.1
35 and over	9,046	1.7	1,294	1.7	7,622	1.6	2,334	4	4,728	1.3
Gender
Female	28,169	1.4	4,399	1.1	23,464	1.5	9,290	3.1	12,973	1.1
Male	29,798	1.4	4,934	1.2	24,494	1.5	9,443	3.1	13,813	1.1
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	8,154	1.4	2,959	1	5,149	1.9	2,480	3.1	2,409	1.4
High school graduate	16,877	1.5	2,400	1.2	14,344	1.6	6,202	3.2	7,551	1.2
At least some college	22,643	1.2	1,928	1.2	20,545	1.2	6,013	3	13,256	1

*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

**Includes persons of other races not shown.

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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