Table 1.

Pregnancy-related mortality rates per 100,000 live births by race and ethnicity, education, and state-wide mortality levels, 2007–2016

Pregnancy-related mortality rate (PRMR)	Total	Black	Indigenousa	Hispanic	White
Total	16.7	40.8	29.7	11.5	12.7
By education completed
Less than high school	21.6	45.6	50.8	12.6	25.0
High school	27.4	59.1	43.7	11.2	25.2
Some college	16.4	41.0	32.0	9.4	11.7
College graduate or higher	10.9	40.2	-b	9.3	7.8
State-wide PRMR ratesc
Lower third of statesd	10.7	26.0	28.9	9.7	8.7
Upper third of states	21.9	45.9	28.8	13.2	16.6

Data from Petersen et al. (2019)

^aIndigenous include American Indian and Alaska natives

^bFewer than 10 deaths in that category

^cState-wide rates include all races and ethnicities

^dThe third of states with the lowest overall pregnancy-related mortality rates in the USA