TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NON-
COMPLICATION TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED 14,859 7,827 7,032
FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.) 442 231 211
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 2,375 1,014 1,361
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS) 1,806 651 1,155
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA 237 106 131
PLACENTA PREVIA 125 65 60
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 93 50 43
SEIZURES DURING LABOR 23 12 11
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS) 527 247 280
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS) 264 153 111
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 1,332 767 565
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 1,617 1,015 602
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 1,190 729 461
CORD PROLAPSE 70 40 30
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 17 11 6
FETAL DISTRESS 2,199 1,092 1,107
OTHER 2,542 1,644 898
TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED 46,440 24,872 21,568
VAGINAL 30,158 15,819 14,339
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION 776 398 378
PRIMARY C-SECTION 6,804 3,811 2,993
REPEAT C-SECTION 4,884 2,590 2,294
FORCEPS 1,745 1,062 683
VACUUM 2,073 1,192 881
