TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NON-
COMPLICATION TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED 11,852 6,209 5,643
FEBRILE (> 100o F. OR 38o C.) 337 188 149
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 1,716 734 982
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS) 1,380 469 911
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA 233 113 120
PLACENTA PREVIA 82 49 33
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 105 60 45
SEIZURES DURING LABOR 10 2 8
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS) 473 226 247
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS) 189 106 83
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 1,056 605 451
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 1,474 932 542
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 1,096 701 395
CORD PROLAPSE 69 31 38
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 16 12 4
FETAL DISTRESS 1,856 928 928
OTHER 1,760 1,053 707
