Table of Contents          Birth Tables Index

TABLE B-16
2008 VERMONT RESIDENT BIRTHS BIRTH WEIGHT IN GRAMS BY EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NUMBER OF EVENTS AND CUMULATIVE ROW PERCENTS
BIRTH WEIGHT
NUMBER OF EVENTS
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
EDUCATION OF MOTHER < 500 -999 -1499 -1999 -2499 -2999 -3499 -3999 -4499 -4999 -5499 5500+ UNKNOWN TOTAL
8TH GRADE OR LESS 0 0 0 0 3 7 20 24 3 1 0 0 0 58
9TH - 12TH GRADE -
    NO DIPLOMA 2 5 9 18 42 126 203 127 40 3 0 0 0 575
H.S. GRAD / GED CERT 2 9 14 36 86 329 655 522 159 28 2 0 1 1843
SOME COLLEGE - 
    NO DEGREE 1 4 1 15 47 161 396 369 138 16 3 0 1 1152
ASSOCIATE DEGREE 0 0 5 5 16 57 184 131 57 10 0 0 0 465
BACHELOR'S DEGREE 1 6 4 17 50 153 512 483 165 26 1 0 1 1419
MASTER'S DEGREE 0 3 1 10 22 74 225 218 75 12 2 0 0 642
DOCTORATE OR 
    PROFESSIONAL DEGREE 0 0 0 3 5 19 52 40 12 1 0 0 0 132
UNKNOWN 0 1 0 0 1 7 17 18 8 2 1 0 0 55
STATE TOTAL 6 28 34 104 272 933 2264 1932 657 99 9 0 3 6341
CUMULATIVE ROW PERCENTS  - EXCLUDING UNKNOWNS
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
EDUCATION OF MOTHER < 500 -999 -1499 -1999 -2499 -2999 -3499 -3999 -4499 -4999 -5499 5500+
8TH GRADE OR LESS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 17.2 51.7 93.1 98.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
9TH - 12TH GRADE -
    NO DIPLOMA 0.3 1.2 2.8 5.9 13.2 35.1 70.4 92.5 99.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
H.S. GRAD / GED CERT 0.1 0.6 1.4 3.3 8.0 25.8 61.4 89.7 98.4 99.9 100.0 100.0
SOME COLLEGE - 
    NO DEGREE 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.8 5.9 19.9 54.3 86.4 98.3 99.7 100.0 100.0
ASSOCIATE DEGREE 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.2 5.6 17.8 57.4 85.6 97.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
BACHELOR'S DEGREE 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.0 5.5 16.3 52.4 86.5 98.1 99.9 100.0 100.0
MASTER'S DEGREE 0.0 0.5 0.6 2.2 5.6 17.1 52.2 86.1 97.8 99.7 100.0 100.0
DOCTORATE OR 
    PROFESSIONAL DEGREE 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 6.1 20.5 59.8 90.2 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.6 16.4 47.3 80.0 94.5 98.2 100.0 100.0
STATE TOTAL 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.7 7.0 21.7 57.4 87.9 98.3 99.9 100.0 100.0