Table 2. Infant deaths per 1,000 live births from 1999 to 2010 for non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White populations in the United States.

Year	Crude rate Black (p)	Crude rate White (q)	Change in crude rate Black (δp)	Change in crude rate White (δq)	Absolute disparity	Increase/ decrease in absolute disparity (δp − δq)	Relative disparity	Increase/ decrease in relative disparity	(p − q) δq/q
1999	14.138	5.763			8.375		1.453
2000	13.588	5.697	−0.55	−0.066	7.891	−0.484	1.385	−0.068	−0.096
2001	13.456	5.716	−0.132	0.019	7.74	−0.151	1.354	−0.031	0.026
2002	13.886	5.799	0.43	0.083	8.087	0.347	1.395	0.041	0.112
2003	13.603	5.697	−0.283	−0.102	7.906	−0.181	1.387	−0.007	−0.142
2004	13.596	5.661	−0.007	−0.036	7.935	0.029	1.401	0.014	−0.050
2005	13.632	5.761	0.036	0.1	7.871	−0.064	1.366	−0.035	0.140
2006	13.351	5.581	−0.281	−0.18	7.77	−0.101	1.392	0.025	−0.245
2007	13.315	5.629	−0.036	0.048	7.686	−0.084	1.365	−0.027	0.067
2008	12.67	5.516	−0.645	−0.113	7.154	−0.532	1.297	−0.068	−0.154
2009	12.402	5.326	−0.268	−0.19	7.076	−0.078	1.329	0.032	−0.246
2010	11.458	5.176	−0.944	−0.15	6.282	−0.794	1.214	−0.115	−0.199