TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR                              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED                     11,645   5,119   6,526

ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10)                     1,007     317     690
CARDIAC DISEASE                                    198     147      51
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE                      349     154     195
DIABETES                                         1,120     598     522
GENITAL HERPES                                     230     132      98
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS                         502     217     285
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY                                   225       6     219
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC                              531     198     333
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED               2,420   1,174   1,246
ECLAMPSIA                                          235     104     131
INCOMPETENT CERVIX                                  84      30      54
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS                        246     150      96
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE                         
  INFANT                                           602     217     385
RENAL DISEASE                                      120      77      43
RH SENSITIZATION                                   310     224      86
UTERINE BLEEDING                                   217     126      91
OTHER                                            3,249   1,248   2,001