TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR                              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED                     13,027   5,862   7,165

ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10)                     1,261     464     797
CARDIAC DISEASE                                    198     150      48
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE                      423     191     232
DIABETES                                         1,108     628     480
GENITAL HERPES                                     250     151      99
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS                         468     204     264
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY                                   250       6     244
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC                              671     252     419
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED               2,589   1,316   1,273
ECLAMPSIA                                          211     106     105
INCOMPETENT CERVIX                                  88      44      44
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS                        203     139      64
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE                         
  INFANT                                           619     242     377
RENAL DISEASE                                      112      76      36
RH SENSITIZATION                                   313     243      70
UTERINE BLEEDING                                   156      91      65
OTHER                                            4,107   1,559   2,548