Table 3.

Rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for pregnancy-associated homicide and pregnancy-associated suicide by selected demographic characteristics.

		Live birthsa		Pregnancy-associated homicide					Pregnancy-associated suicide
		N	%	N	%	RR	95%	CI	N	%	RR	95%	CI
Age
≥35		2,481,833	14.8%	45	12.4%	Ref			53	20.2%	Ref
30–34		3,887,668	23.2%	46	12.6%	0.65	0.43	0.98	45	17.1%	0.54	0.36	0.81
25–29		4,675,226	27.9%	92	25.3%	1.09	0.76	1.55	66	25.1%	0.66	0.46	0.95
20–24		4,054,251	24.2%	111	30.5%	1.51	1.07	2.14	71	27.0%	0.82	0.57	1.17
< 20		1,651,453	9.9%	70	19.2%	2.34	1.61	3.40	28	10.6%	0.79	0.50	1.26
Race
Non-Hispanic White		8,386,423	50.1%	146	40.1%	Ref			166	63.1%	Ref
Non-Hispanic Black		2,167,903	12.9%	125	34.3%	3.31	2.61	4.21	21	8.0%	0.49	0.31	0.77
Hispanic		4,853,021	29.0%	87	23.9%	1.03	0.79	1.34	46	17.5%	0.48	0.35	0.66
Other		1,343,084	8.0%	6	1.6%	0.26	0.11	0.58	27	10.3%	1.02	0.68	1.53
Educationb
Greater than high school		5,738,796	56.1%	84	29.0%	Ref			115	50.2%	Ref
High school graduate or
GED		2,685,940	26.2%	121	41.7%	3.08	2.33	4.07	74	32.3%	1.37	1.03	1.84
Less than high school		1,808,410	17.7%	85	29.3%	3.21	2.38	4.34	40	17.5%	1.10	0.77	1.58
Marital Status
Married		10126699	60.5%	78	21.4%	Ref			108	41.1%	Ref
Not marriedc		6623732	39.5%	284	78.0%	5.57	4.33	7.15	153	58.2%	2.17	1.69	2.77

^aTotal number of live births in states and years with temporal pregnancy information on death records (Table 1).

^bStratification by education restricted to women age 20 and older.

^cNot married includes women who are single, divorced, or widowed.