TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
COMPLICATION                                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED                     13,086   6,944   6,142

FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.)        361     210     151
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY                         2,450   1,084   1,366
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS)       1,161     546     615
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA                                  282     133     149
PLACENTA PREVIA                                     76      56      20
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING                            91      52      39
SEIZURES DURING LABOR                               30      10      20
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS)                     531     244     287
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS)                      191     117      74
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR                                981     589     392
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION                           1,536     951     585
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION                      1,903   1,067     836
CORD PROLAPSE                                       75      48      27
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS                            25      13      12
FETAL DISTRESS                                   2,270   1,113   1,157
OTHER                                            1,123     711     412

TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                
                                                            NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY                         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED        44,992  24,206  20,786

VAGINAL                                   28,846  14,929  13,917
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION       711     348     363
PRIMARY C-SECTION                          6,546   3,596   2,950
REPEAT C-SECTION                           4,170   2,284   1,886
FORCEPS                                    2,796   1,870     926
VACUUM                                     1,923   1,179     744