Maternal Mortality Rates, by Race/Ethnicity, 2005

Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births:

  • Total: 15.1
  • Non-Hispanic White: 11.7
  • Non-Hispanic Black: 39.2
  • Hispanic: 9.6

Source: Kung HC, Hoyert DL, Xu JQ, Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 2005. National vital statistics reports; vol 56 no 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.

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