TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR                              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED                     13,022   5,968   7,054

ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10)                     1,021     366     655
CARDIAC DISEASE                                    217     154      63
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE                      420     205     215
DIABETES                                         1,121     602     519
GENITAL HERPES                                     246     155      91
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS                         549     230     319
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY                                   257      10     247
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC                              660     240     420
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED               2,511   1,254   1,257
ECLAMPSIA                                          221     119     102
INCOMPETENT CERVIX                                  79      36      43
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS                        222     136      86
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE                         
  INFANT                                           627     249     378
RENAL DISEASE                                      123      85      38
RH SENSITIZATION                                   316     238      78
UTERINE BLEEDING                                   233     160      73
OTHER                                            4,199   1,729   2,470