TABLE 3.

Sensitivity analysis of possible influence of 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5% overreporting of the pregnancy checkbox on maternal mortality rates, Texas, 2011–2015

Age (y)	Number of maternal deaths	Number of female deaths from natural causes (excludes maternal deaths)	Number of maternal deaths with 0.5% false positives added to total	Percent increase in MMR with 0.5% false positive rate	Number of maternal deaths with 1% false positives added to total	Percent increase in MMR with 1% false positive rate	Number of maternal deaths with 1.5% false positives added to total	Percent increase in MMR with 1.5% false positive rate
Total	668	36 612	851	27.4	1034	54.8	1217	82.2
<40	393	7792	432	9.9	471	19.8	510	29.7
15–19	26	452	28	8.7	31	17.4	33	26.1
20–24	55	786	59	7.1	63	14.3	67	21.4
25–29	86	1232	92	7.2	98	14.3	104	21.5
30–34	117	2099	127	9.0	138	17.9	148	26.9
35–39	109	3223	125	14.8	141	29.6	157	44.4
40–54	275	28 820	419	52.4	563	104.8	707	157.2

MMR, maternal mortality rate.