TABLE A15. OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES, 
BY PROCEDURE AND RACE OF MOTHER 
MISSISSIPPI, 1997 

                                                                
                                                            NON-
OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE                        TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES REPORTED       74,043  41,533  32,510

AMNIOCENTESIS                                431     297     134
ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING               36,253  19,375  16,878
INDUCTION OF LABOR                         5,566   3,698   1,868
STIMULATION OF LABOR                       5,971   3,298   2,673
TOCOLYSIS                                    557     312     245
ULTRASOUND                                24,815  14,265  10,550
OTHER                                        450     288     162










TABLE A16. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN 
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES, 
BY CONDITION AND RACE OF MOTHER 
MISSISSIPPI, 1997 

                                                                
                                                            NON-
ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NEWBORN              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL ABNORMAL CONDITIONS REPORTED         3,886   1,536   2,350

ANEMIA (HCT. < 39/HGB. < 13)                  88      23      65
BIRTH INJURY                                 103      56      47
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME                         0       0       0
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE/RDS                 677     311     366
MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME                 141      53      88
ASSISTED VENTILATION < 30 MINUTES            581     247     334
ASSISTED VENTILATION 30 MINUTES OR MORE      622     236     386
SEIZURES                                      24       9      15
OTHER                                      1,650     601   1,049