Table 34a: Race - Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all, by race, United States, 2000

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	27,960	6.9	346	8.3	573	4.5	73	8.2	8,391	13.5	18,246	5.7
Mother's age
Under 15	151	17.7	1	*	1	*	0	*	76	19.9	73	16.5
15-19	4,593	9.8	74	9.1	25	8.5	23	16.3	1,616	13.6	2,810	8.4
20-24	7,724	7.6	96	7.1	68	4.8	15	*	2,648	13.1	4,825	6.2
25-29	6,631	6.1	91	9.1	149	3.9	15	*	1,858	13.1	4,429	5.1
30-34	5,238	5.6	59	9.7	195	4.4	11	*	1,311	13.8	3,589	4.7
35 and over	3,623	6.6	25	6.7	134	4.9	8	*	882	14.6	2,520	5.7
Gender
Female	12,297	6.2	137	6.7	265	4.3	24	5.5	3,708	12.1	8,023	5.1
Male	15,664	7.5	210	9.9	308	4.7	49	10.8	4,683	14.8	10,223	6.2
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	4,595	7.9	77	10.1	57	5.6	8	*	1,226	14.7	3,184	6.8
High school graduate	8,146	7.3	107	7.8	116	4.6	22	5.7	2,694	13.3	5,121	6
At least some college	9,219	5	77	6.7	342	4	18	*	2,351	11.4	6,306	4.2

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

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

Note: The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file, which adjusts for the approximately 2-3% of records each year that cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for sub-groups may not add up to the total. 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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