16-4.
Reduce maternal deaths.
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16-4. | |
Reduce maternal deaths. |
Target: 3.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
Baseline: 7.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births occurred in 1998.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Live Births, 1998 |
Maternal Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
7.1 |
|
Mother’s race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
17.1 |
|
White |
5.1 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
5.7 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
7.5 |
|
Black or African American |
17.4 |
|
White |
4.9 |
|
Mother’s education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNA |
|
High school graduate |
DNA |
|
At least some college |
DNA |
|
Mother’s disability status |
|
|
Mothers with disabilities |
DNC |
|
Mothers without disabilities |
DNC |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Mother’s age groups |
|
|
Under 20 years |
DSU |
|
20 to 24 years |
5.0 |
|
25 to 29 years |
6.7 |
|
30 to 34 years |
7.5 |
|
35 years and older |
14.5 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.