TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NON-
COMPLICATION TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED 13,056 6,756 6,300
FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.) 417 236 181
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 1,874 788 1,086
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS) 1,656 551 1,105
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA 254 126 128
PLACENTA PREVIA 119 66 53
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 110 66 44
SEIZURES DURING LABOR 20 5 15
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS) 550 254 296
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS) 190 111 79
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 1,125 651 474
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 1,586 952 634
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 1,184 742 442
CORD PROLAPSE 45 20 25
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 27 18 9
FETAL DISTRESS 1,830 912 918
OTHER 2,069 1,258 811
TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED 47,479 25,540 21,939
VAGINAL 30,851 16,248 14,603
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION 646 319 327
PRIMARY C-SECTION 7,365 4,129 3,236
REPEAT C-SECTION 5,193 2,830 2,363
FORCEPS 1,540 949 591
VACUUM 1,884 1,065 819
