Table 36a: Race - Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight 1,500-2,499 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	3,933	15.8	46	19.5	91	11.9	7	*	976	15.8	2,757	16
Mother's age
Under 15	21	23	0	*	0	*	0	*	8	*	13	*
15-19	618	17.1	9	*	5	*	1	*	208	16.1	388	17.6
20-24	1,040	16.4	14	*	8	*	1	*	290	15	714	17.3
25-29	913	15.5	9	*	20	9.6	3	*	204	16.1	660	15.6
30-34	734	14.2	5	*	36	14.3	2	*	143	15.7	536	14
35 and over	607	15.9	8	*	22	12.3	0	*	123	17.1	446	15.8
Gender
Female	1,843	13.9	20	*	48	12.1	3	*	453	13.5	1,301	14.3
Male	2,090	17.9	26	23.4	44	11.8	4	*	523	18.6	1,457	17.8
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	769	19.5	11	*	9	*	1	*	179	18.2	562	20
High school graduate	1,142	16	15	*	15	*	4	*	322	16.2	770	16.1
At least some college	1,262	12.9	10	*	58	11.4	1	*	224	12.7	946	13.1

*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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