Table C.
Changes in the simple difference and the percentage difference between infant mortality rates for each of four race and Hispanic origin groups and the rate for infants of Asian or Pacific Islander mothers (the best group rate): United States, 1990 and 2000
| 1990 |
2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race or origin group | Infant mortality rate1 |
Simple difference1 |
Infant mortality rate1 |
Simple difference1 |
Change 2000–19901 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander2 | 6.6 | (2) | 4.9 | (2) | (2) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13.1 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 3.4 | −3.1 |
| Hispanic | 7.5 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 0.7 | −0.2 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 16.9 | 10.3 | 13.6 | 8.7 | −1.6 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 7.2 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Percent difference |
Percent difference |
Change 2000–19903 |
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| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13.1 | 98.5 | 8.3 | 69.4 | −29.1 |
| Hispanic | 7.5 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 14.3 | 0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 16.9 | 156.1 | 13.6 | 177.6 | 21.5 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 7.2 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 16.3 | 7.2 |
1
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
2
The best group rate was used as the reference point.
3
Change in percentage points.
SOURCE: National Vital Statistics System, linked birth/infant death data file.