Table 34c: Education - Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all, by mother's education, United States, 2000

	Total		Less than high school graduate*		High school graduate*		At least some college*
Population group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	27,960	6.9	4,595	7.9	8,146	7.3	9,219	5
Mother's age
20-24	7,724	7.6	2,297	8.4	3,394	7.6	1,684	5.9
25-29	6,631	6.1	1,168	7.2	2,219	6.8	2,872	4.9
30-34	5,238	5.6	636	7.1	1,515	6.9	2,783	4.6
35 and over	3,623	6.6	493	9.3	1,018	8.1	1,879	5.2
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	346	8.3	77	10.1	107	7.8	77	6.7
Asian	573	4.5	57	5.6	116	4.6	342	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	8.2	8	**	22	5.7	18	**
Black or African American	8,391	13.5	1,226	14.7	2,694	13.3	2,351	11.4
White	18,246	5.7	3,184	6.8	5,121	6	6,306	4.2
Ethnicity
Hispanic	4,564	5.6	1,595	5.4	1,031	5	747	4.5
Non-Hispanic	22,916	7.2	2,968	10.7	7,015	7.8	8,382	5.1
Black or African American	8,212	13.6	1,197	15	2,660	13.5	2,310	11.5
White	13,461	5.7	1,595	9.2	4,042	6.3	5,526	4.2

*Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.

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

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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