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Table 1.51a: National Maternity Care, 2000
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, United States, 2000 |
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| Population group |
Number |
Ratea |
| Total |
396 |
9.8 |
| Mother's age |
| 0-19 |
18 |
DSU |
| 20-24 |
75 |
7.4 |
| 25-29 |
86 |
7.9 |
| 30-34 |
93 |
10.0 |
| 35 and over |
124 |
22.7 |
| Race |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
6 |
DSU |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
13 |
DSU |
| Asian |
8 |
DSU |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
1 |
DSU |
| Black or African American |
137 |
22.0 |
| White |
240 |
7.5 |
| Ethnicity |
| Hispanic |
81 |
9.9 |
| Total, non-Hispanic |
314 |
9.8 |
| Black or African American |
135 |
22.3 |
| White |
160 |
6.8 |
| Mother's education (age 20 and over) |
| Less than high school |
76 |
13.1 |
| High school graduate |
141 |
12.6 |
| At least some college |
130 |
7.1 |
a 1990-based postcensal population estimates were used to calculate death rates; future reports will present rates based on intercensal population estimates for 1998 and 1999 and bridged-race population estimates for 2000 and subsequent years.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Linked Birth and Infant Death Data.
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