
TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED 11,483 5,449 6,034
ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10) 1,027 405 622
CARDIAC DISEASE 222 177 45
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE 325 182 143
DIABETES 1,117 608 509
GENITAL HERPES 242 146 96
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS 393 184 209
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY 165 3 162
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC 568 198 370
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED 2,225 1,116 1,109
ECLAMPSIA 246 136 110
INCOMPETENT CERVIX 90 37 53
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS 181 130 51
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE
INFANT 428 209 219
RENAL DISEASE 80 52 28
RH SENSITIZATION 303 209 94
UTERINE BLEEDING 148 96 52
OTHER 3,723 1,561 2,162
