Table 37b: Ethnicity - Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight >2,499 grams, by ethnicity, United States, 2000

Population group	Total		Hispanic*		Non-Hispanic
					Total**		Black or African American		White
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total	9,259	2.5	1,582	2.1	7,564	2.6	2,071	3.9	5,050	2.3
Mother's age
Under 15	42	5.8	14	***	28	5.7	20	6.5	8	***
15-19	1,660	3.9	349	2.9	1,301	4.3	454	4.5	786	4.2
20-24	2,931	3.1	484	2.1	2,415	3.5	796	4.6	1,524	3.1
25-29	2,096	2.1	375	1.8	1,692	2.1	382	3.2	1,191	1.9
30-34	1,564	1.8	229	1.7	1,317	1.8	257	3.2	950	1.6
35 and over	965	1.9	131	1.9	811	1.9	162	3.3	592	1.8
Gender
Female	3,909	2.1	691	1.9	3,172	2.2	907	3.6	2,098	2
Male	5,350	2.8	892	2.3	4,393	2.9	1,164	4.3	2,952	2.6
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	1,808	3.4	595	2.1	1,202	4.8	407	6	720	4.6
High school graduate	2,769	2.7	351	1.8	2,383	2.9	675	4	1,594	2.7
At least some college	2,799	1.6	229	1.5	2,540	1.6	480	2.7	1,876	1.5

*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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