TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NON-
COMPLICATION TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED 14,707 7,730 6,977
FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.) 418 225 193
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 2,268 1,010 1,258
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS) 1,795 698 1,097
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA 278 154 124
PLACENTA PREVIA 100 61 39
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 80 39 41
SEIZURES DURING LABOR 24 8 16
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS) 529 264 265
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS) 244 136 108
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 1,108 642 466
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 1,662 1,030 632
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 1,532 888 644
CORD PROLAPSE 69 39 30
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 17 15 2
FETAL DISTRESS 2,677 1,345 1,332
OTHER 1,906 1,176 730
TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED 45,646 24,514 21,132
VAGINAL 29,526 15,449 14,077
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION 846 400 446
PRIMARY C-SECTION 6,521 3,634 2,887
REPEAT C-SECTION 4,590 2,507 2,083
FORCEPS 2,061 1,327 734
VACUUM 2,102 1,197 905
