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

	Total		Less than high school graduate*		High school graduate*		At least some college*
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	57967	1.4	8154	1.4	16877	1.5	22643	1.2
Mother's age
20-24	13973	1.4	3590	1.3	6234	1.4	3760	1.3
25-29	13732	1.3	2040	1.3	4544	1.4	6698	1.2
30-34	12507	1.3	1429	1.6	3558	1.6	7126	1.2
35 and over	9046	1.7	1095	2.1	2541	2	5059	1.4
Mother's race
American Indian or Alaska Native	484	1.2	95	1.2	152	1.1	137	1.2
Asian	1294	1	85	0.8	285	1.1	819	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	1.3	11	**	40	1.1	35	1.2
Black or African American	19078	3.1	2537	3.1	6282	3.1	6114	3
White	36309	1.1	5335	1.1	9971	1.2	15218	1
Mother's ethnicity
Hispanic	9333	1.1	2959	1	2400	1.2	1928	1.2
Non-Hispanic	47958	1.5	5149	1.9	14344	1.6	20545	1.2
Black or African American	18733	3.1	2480	3.1	6202	3.2	6013	3
White	26786	1.1	2409	1.4	7551	1.2	13256	1

*Education data are for persons age 20 and older.

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

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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