TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR                              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED                     11,275   4,903   6,372
 
ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10)                     1,101     325     776
CARDIAC DISEASE                                    195     127      68
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE                      362     158     204
DIABETES                                         1,084     578     506
GENITAL HERPES                                     209     118      91
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS                         488     226     262
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY                                   206       5     201
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC                              504     188     316
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED               2,272   1,142   1,130
ECLAMPSIA                                          163      82      81
INCOMPETENT CERVIX                                  68      25      43
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS                        265     192      73
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE                         
  INFANT                                           548     206     342
RENAL DISEASE                                       98      59      39
RH SENSITIZATION                                   285     205      80
UTERINE BLEEDING                                   231     140      91
OTHER                                            3,196   1,127   2,069