Table 36c: Education - Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight 1,500-2,499 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	3,933	15.8	769	19.5	1,142	16	1,262	12.9
Mother's age
20-24	1,040	16.4	351	18.8	434	15.6	212	13.4
25-29	913	15.5	198	19.6	313	16.2	366	12.7
30-34	734	14.2	109	18	230	16.4	371	12.2
35 and over	607	15.9	111	24.4	165	16.3	314	13.8
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	46	19.5	11	**	15	**	10	**
Asian	91	11.9	9	**	15	**	58	11.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	**	1	**	4	**	1	**
Black or African American	976	15.8	179	18.2	322	16.2	224	12.7
White	2,757	16	562	20	770	16.1	946	13.1
Ethnicity
Hispanic	710	16.5	303	20.5	135	12.8	105	12.6
Non-Hispanic	3,170	15.5	460	18.8	995	16.5	1,147	12.9
Black or African American	962	15.9	177	18.4	320	16.4	224	12.9
White	2,016	15.6	256	19.2	628	16.9	832	13.1

*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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