TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NON-
COMPLICATION TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED 15,699 8,349 7,350
FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.) 409 225 184
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 2,462 1,041 1,421
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS) 1,512 617 895
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA 285 145 140
PLACENTA PREVIA 135 80 55
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 94 40 54
SEIZURES DURING LABOR 30 9 21
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS) 544 261 283
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS) 318 200 118
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 1,214 632 582
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 1,752 1,073 679
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 1,315 799 516
CORD PROLAPSE 67 35 32
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 18 18 0
FETAL DISTRESS 2,841 1,447 1,394
OTHER 2,703 1,727 976
TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED 47,386 25,467 21,919
VAGINAL 30,340 16,032 14,308
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION 866 441 425
PRIMARY C-SECTION 6,728 3,765 2,963
REPEAT C-SECTION 4,944 2,685 2,259
FORCEPS 1,970 1,157 813
VACUUM 2,538 1,387 1,151
