Table 38a: Race - Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, 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	396	9.8	6	*	8	*	1	*	137	22	240	7.5
Mother's age
Under 20	18	*	1	*	1	*	0	*	4	*	11	*
20-24	75	7.4	1	*	0	*	0	*	31	15.3	43	5.6
25-29	86	7.9	1	*	0	*	1	*	31	21.8	52	5.9
30-34	93	10	3	*	3	*	0	*	33	34.8	54	7.1
35 and over	124	22.7	0	*	4	*	0	*	38	62.8	80	18
Mother's education (age 20 and over)
Less than high school graduate	76	13.1	0	*	1	*	0	*	22	26.5	53	11.3
High school graduate	141	12.6	3	*	3	*	0	*	49	24.3	84	9.8
At least some college	130	7.1	1	*	3	*	1	*	47	22.9	77	5.2

*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 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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