Table 38c: Education - Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by 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	396	9.8	76	13.1	141	12.6	130	7.1
Mother's age
20-24	75	7.4	26	9.5	31	7	14	**
25-29	86	7.9	18	**	33	10.1	29	5
30-34	93	10	12	**	29	13.3	40	6.6
35 and over	124	22.7	20	37.8	48	38.4	47	13.1
Mother's race
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	**	0	**	3	**	1	**
Asian	8	**	1	**	3	**	3	**
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	**	0	**	0	**	1	**
Black or African American	137	22	22	26.5	49	24.3	47	22.9
White	240	7.5	53	11.3	84	9.8	77	5.2
Mother's ethnicity
Hispanic	81	9.9	33	11.1	30	14.4	12	**
Non-Hispanic	314	9.8	43	15.5	110	12.3	118	7.1
Black or African American	135	22.3	22	27.6	48	24.4	46	23
White	160	6.8	20	11.5	54	8.4	66	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 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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