Table 35c: Education - Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 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	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	14,366	244.3	1,980	239.7	4,145	242.2	5,053	220.1
Mother's age
20-24	3,659	258.3	912	251	1,611	255	923	242.4
25-29	3,505	250.9	512	246.7	1,126	244.4	1,614	236.9
30-34	2,856	225.1	320	221.6	831	229.4	1,503	208.3
35 and over	2,003	218.9	236	212.9	576	224.9	1,013	197.7
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	131	265.1	27	288.9	43	279.4	33	237.7
Asian	294	225	28	333.5	60	207.7	170	205.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	304.1	3	**	7	**	10	**
Black or African American	5,169	266.9	612	238.3	1,652	258.9	1,608	259.2
White	8,569	232.7	1,291	238.6	2,340	231.7	3,174	205.8
Ethnicity
Hispanic	2,232	235.6	686	228.3	542	222.9	407	208.6
Non-Hispanic	11,869	244	1,279	245.5	3,552	244.2	4,595	220.6
Black or African American	5,053	265.7	597	237.7	1,631	258.8	1,578	258.6
White	6,232	229.5	610	250.2	1,777	232.4	2,754	205

*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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