| Infant Mortality Rates (deaths of infants under age one per 1,000 live births) by Race/Ethnicity and State, 2012 |
|
All Women
|
White Women
|
Hispanic Women
|
Black Women
|
Asian/Pacific Islander Women
|
Native American Women
|
State
|
Rate
|
Rate
|
Rate
|
Rate
|
Rate
|
Rate
|
Alabama
|
9.0
|
6.8
|
5.2
|
13.3
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Alaska
|
5.2
|
3.2
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
5.7
|
Arizona
|
5.8
|
4.9
|
6.0
|
10.4
|
6.0
|
8.8
|
Arkansas
|
7.0
|
6.5
|
5.9
|
10.5
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
California
|
4.5
|
3.9
|
4.6
|
9.1
|
3.8
|
6.9
|
Colorado
|
4.6
|
4.6
|
5.5
|
11.2
|
6.4
|
N/A
|
Connecticut
|
5.2
|
3.7
|
6.7
|
10.6
|
3.3
|
N/A
|
Delaware
|
7.6
|
6.4
|
6.0
|
12.3
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
District of Columbia
|
8.0
|
3.0
|
N/A
|
11.2
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Florida
|
6.1
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
11.1
|
4.0
|
N/A
|
Georgia
|
6.3
|
5.0
|
4.4
|
9.7
|
3.4
|
N/A
|
Hawaii
|
5.0
|
3.8
|
6.3
|
N/A
|
5.9
|
N/A
|
Idaho
|
5.4
|
4.8
|
6.1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Illinois
|
6.5
|
5.1
|
5.7
|
13.2
|
5.3
|
N/A
|
Indiana
|
6.7
|
6.6
|
6.6
|
12.7
|
4.7
|
N/A
|
Iowa
|
5.3
|
4.7
|
3.8
|
11.4
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Kansas
|
6.3
|
5.5
|
7.1
|
12.9
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Kentucky
|
7.1
|
6.6
|
6.6
|
10.1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Louisiana
|
8.2
|
5.9
|
4.3
|
11.5
|
6.4
|
N/A
|
Maine
|
6.72
|
6.2
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Maryland
|
6.4
|
3.9
|
5.2
|
11.5
|
4.3
|
N/A
|
Massachusetts
|
4.2
|
3.5
|
6.0
|
6.4
|
3.9
|
N/A
|
Michigan
|
6.9
|
5.2
|
5.6
|
13.6
|
4.0
|
12.2
|
Minnesota
|
5.1
|
4.2
|
5.2
|
8.1
|
3.8
|
10.8
|
Mississippi
|
8.8
|
6.4
|
N/A
|
13.0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Missouri
|
6.6
|
5.5
|
6.4
|
12.1
|
4.0
|
N/A
|
Montana
|
5.9
|
5.6
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
8.7
|
Nebraska
|
4.7
|
4.4
|
5.6
|
11.4
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Nevada
|
4.8
|
5.1
|
4.9
|
9.0
|
4.4
|
N/A
|
New Hampshire
|
4.2
|
3.9
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
New Jersey
|
4.4
|
3.2
|
4.6
|
10.5
|
3.8
|
N/A
|
New Mexico
|
6.9
|
5.4
|
6.0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
6.2
|
New York
|
5.0
|
3.9
|
5.1
|
9.3
|
3.5
|
10.2
|
North Carolina
|
7.4
|
5.4
|
5.5
|
12.7
|
4.4
|
11.2
|
North Dakota
|
6.2
|
5.7
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
14.8
|
Ohio
|
7.5
|
6.5
|
6.5
|
13.9
|
4.6
|
N/A
|
Oklahoma
|
7.5
|
7.0
|
6.0
|
10.9
|
7.2
|
8.8
|
Oregon
|
5.3
|
4.6
|
5.0
|
8.7
|
5.3
|
9.5
|
Pennsylvania
|
7.0
|
5.4
|
7.6
|
12.7
|
3.9
|
N/A
|
Rhode Island
|
6.5
|
5.5
|
6.1
|
11.9
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
South Carolina
|
7.6
|
5.2
|
4.5
|
12.1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
South Dakota
|
8.7
|
5.8
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
12.3
|
Tennessee
|
7.3
|
6.5
|
5.1
|
12.3
|
3.7
|
N/A
|
Texas
|
5.8
|
5.2
|
5.4
|
10.7
|
3.8
|
N/A
|
Utah
|
4.9
|
4.8
|
5.0
|
12.1
|
7.8
|
N/A
|
Vermont
|
4.3
|
4.5
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Virginia
|
6.4
|
4.9
|
5.8
|
12.6
|
5.0
|
N/A
|
Washington
|
5.2
|
4.4
|
4.3
|
8.0
|
4.2
|
8.8
|
West Virginia
|
7.3
|
7.1
|
N/A
|
9.8
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Wisconsin
|
5.8
|
5.0
|
5.1
|
13.4
|
5.2
|
8.4
|
Wyoming
|
5.2
|
6.1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
United States
|
6.0
|
5.1
|
5.2
|
11.4
|
4.2
|
8.3
|
Notes: N/A=not available. Whites and blacks are non-Hispanic; other racial categories include Hispanics. Hispanics may be of any race or two or more races. Data for all women are for 2012; other data are three-year (2010 –2012) averages. These three-year averages differ slightly from the data presented in Table 5.2, which are for 2012.
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Source: IWPR compilation of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013 and 2014b.
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