TABLE A15. OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY PROCEDURE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                
                                                            NON-
OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE                        TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES REPORTED       76,128  43,573  32,555

AMNIOCENTESIS                                375     257     118
ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING               36,634  20,106  16,528
INDUCTION OF LABOR                         6,386   4,296   2,090
STIMULATION OF LABOR                       6,746   4,033   2,713
TOCOLYSIS                                  1,138     524     614
ULTRASOUND                                24,417  14,113  10,304
OTHER                                        432     244     188












TABLE A16. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY CONDITION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                
                                                            NON-
ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NEWBORN              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL ABNORMAL CONDITIONS REPORTED         5,153   2,788   2,365

ANEMIA (HCT. < 39/HGB. < 13)                  92      42      50
BIRTH INJURY                                 140      86      54
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME                         2       2       0
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE/RDS                 662     329     333
MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME                 124      54      70
ASSISTED VENTILATION < 30 MINUTES          1,771   1,191     580
ASSISTED VENTILATION 30 MINUTES OR MORE      653     254     399
SEIZURES                                      17       8       9
OTHER                                      1,692     822     870