Table 2:

Demographic and Maternal Characteristics According to Whether or Not the Women Died^*

Demographic Characteristic	All Women		Excluding External Causes of Deaths
	Women who did not die % (n)	Women who died † % (n)	Women who did not die % (n)	Women who died † % (n)
N	482,228	1,319	482,228	764
Mother’s Age (years) at last delivery
<25	18.1	24.4	18.1	14.4
25–29	23.1	23.3	23.1	20.0
30–34	31.7	24.4	31.7	28.1
35–39	21.4	21.2	21.4	27.9
40+	5.8	6.7	5.8	9.6
Mother’s Race
Hispanic	15.6	10.5	15.6	11.6
Non-Hispanic White	64.6	73.4	64.6	70.0
Non-Hispanic Black	9.4	10.3	9.4	11.6
Asian and Pacific Islander	8.6	3.5	8.6	4.7
American Indian, Other and Unknown	1.9	2.3	1.9	2.1
Mother’s Education
≤High School or GED	41.7	67.4	41.7	60.7
Some college or Associate	15.4	13.2	15.4	12.5
≥Bachelor’s degree	42.9	19.4	42.9	26.8
Marital Status
Married	66.7	39.6	66.7	51.7
Not Married	33.3	60.4	33.3	48.3
Insurance at delivery
Private	56.3	33.5	56.3	44.0
Public	43.7	66.5	43.7	56.0
Parity
1	37.8	33.6	37.8	31.3
2+	62.2	66.4	62.2	68.7
Any History of Chronic Diabetes
No	97.7	92.3	97.7	90.8
Yes	2.3	7.7	2.3	9.2
Any History of Chronic Hypertension
No	95.3	84.0	95.3	79.2
Yes	4.7	16.0	4.7	20.8
Pregnancy Hypertension/Eclampsia/Pre-eclampsia
No	95.2	93.1	95.2	92.0
Yes	4.8	6.9	4.8	8.0

^*Demographic and maternal characteristics compare each characteristic according to whether women lived or died. This is considered for all women and for the population in which external causes of death were not included. Not surprisingly, those who lived had less medical or social issues such as hypertension, hypertension in pregnancy/eclampsia/pre-eclampsia, and diabetes. Furthermore, they had higher education, more insurance, and fewer deliveries.

^†P values for most categories when comparing those who died with those who did not, significant at P<0.0001; except P values for parity= 0.0002 among the all women sample; among sample excluding external causes of death, P values for parity= 0.002; and pregnancy hypertension/eclampsia =0.0004