Table 36b: Ethnicity - Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight 1,500-2,499 grams, by ethnicity, United States, 2000

					Non-Hispanic
	Total		Hispanic*		Total**		Black or African American		White
Population group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	3,933	15.8	710	16.5	3,170	15.5	962	15.9	2,016	15.6
Mother's age
Under 15	21	23	9	***	12	***	7	***	5	***
15-19	618	17.1	132	15.9	476	17.2	201	15.8	256	18.6
20-24	1,040	16.4	194	15.6	829	16.5	287	15.1	509	17.6
25-29	913	15.5	164	16.3	739	15.3	203	16.3	487	15.2
30-34	734	14.2	113	16.1	609	13.9	142	15.9	414	13.3
35 and over	607	15.9	97	19.8	504	15.4	122	17.4	346	15
Gender
Female	1,843	13.9	339	15.3	1,486	13.7	450	13.6	950	13.9
Male	2,090	17.9	371	17.9	1,684	17.7	512	18.6	1,066	17.6
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	769	19.5	303	20.5	460	18.8	177	18.4	256	19.2
High school graduate	1,142	16	135	12.8	995	16.5	320	16.4	628	16.9
At least some college	1,262	12.9	105	12.6	1,147	12.9	224	12.9	832	13.1

*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

**Includes persons of other races not shown.

***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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