TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
COMPLICATION                                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED                     13,558   7,189   6,369
 
FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.)        362     204     158
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY                         2,296   1,043   1,253
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS)       1,316     587     729
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA                                  280     137     143
PLACENTA PREVIA                                    103      67      36
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING                            87      50      37
SEIZURES DURING LABOR                               26      11      15
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS)                     481     240     241
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS)                      216     122      94
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR                              1,162     676     486
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION                           1,543     948     595
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION                      1,840   1,064     776
CORD PROLAPSE                                       73      41      32
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS                            10       7       3
FETAL DISTRESS                                   2,391   1,164   1,227
OTHER                                            1,372     828     544

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                
                                                            NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY                         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED        45,132  24,077  21,055
 
VAGINAL                                   28,736  14,793  13,943
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION       935     452     483
PRIMARY C-SECTION                          6,584   3,618   2,966
REPEAT C-SECTION                           4,344   2,403   1,941
FORCEPS                                    2,486   1,605     881
VACUUM                                     2,047   1,206     841