
TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED 12,669 5,825 6,844
ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10) 1,151 449 702
CARDIAC DISEASE 209 164 45
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE 391 205 186
DIABETES 1,128 628 500
GENITAL HERPES 240 144 96
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS 455 210 245
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY 225 5 220
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC 658 249 409
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED 2,454 1,304 1,150
ECLAMPSIA 235 110 125
INCOMPETENT CERVIX 95 34 61
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS 211 150 61
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE
INFANT 581 263 318
RENAL DISEASE 71 50 21
RH SENSITIZATION 265 195 70
UTERINE BLEEDING 197 117 80
OTHER 4,103 1,548 2,555
