Table 35a: Race - Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birthweight <1,500 grams, 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	14,366	244.3	131	265.1	294	225	35	304.1	5,169	266.9	8,569	232.7
Mother's age
Under 15	81	283.5	1	*	1	*	0	*	43	261.5	36	320
15-19	2,261	264.4	21	241.6	10	*	12	*	929	267.9	1,261	261.1
20-24	3,659	258.3	34	260.2	37	233.4	4	*	1,511	276.1	2,042	246.6
25-29	3,505	250.9	34	307.5	82	256.8	6	*	1,222	278.4	2,122	237
30-34	2,856	225.1	31	318.5	91	220.9	6	*	885	256.1	1,809	212.5
35 and over	2,003	218.9	10	*	72	203.5	6	*	580	239.5	1,299	211.5
Gender
Female	6,385	223.7	58	249.5	137	207.8	14	*	2,283	238.9	3,811	215.1
Male	7,981	263.7	72	279.3	157	242.6	21	298.2	2,887	294.2	4,757	248.9
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	1,980	239.7	27	288.9	28	333.5	3	*	612	238.3	1,291	238.6
High school graduate	4,145	242.2	43	279.4	60	207.7	7	*	1,652	258.9	2,340	231.7
At least some college	5,053	220.1	33	237.7	170	205.9	10	*	1,608	259.2	3,174	205.8

*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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