Table 37c: Education - Infant mortality per 1000 live births, birthweight >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	9,259	2.5	1,808	3.4	2,769	2.7	2,799	1.6
Mother's age
20-24	2,931	3.1	1,021	4.1	1,315	3.2	530	2
25-29	2,096	2.1	443	3	749	2.5	857	1.6
30-34	1,564	1.8	202	2.5	441	2.2	878	1.5
35 and over	965	1.9	142	3	264	2.4	534	1.6
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	166	4.3	38	5.3	48	3.7	33	3.1
Asian	176	1.5	19	**	37	1.6	107	1.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	3.1	3	**	9	**	5	**
Black or African American	2,116	3.9	418	5.9	685	3.9	491	2.7
White	6,672	2.2	1,311	3	1,962	2.5	2,116	1.5
Ethnicity
Hispanic	1,582	2.1	595	2.1	351	1.8	229	1.5
Non-Hispanic	7,564	2.6	1,202	4.8	2,383	2.9	2,540	1.6
Black or African American	2,071	3.9	407	6	675	4	480	2.7
White	5,050	2.3	720	4.6	1,594	2.7	1,876	1.5

*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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