TABLE A11. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY RISK FACTOR AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
MEDICAL RISK FACTOR                              TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED                     10,345   4,374   5,971

ANEMIA (HCT. < 30/HGB. < 10)                       994     288     706
CARDIAC DISEASE                                    199     142      57
ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE                      272     129     143
DIABETES                                           980     510     470
GENITAL HERPES                                     178     105      73
HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS                         417     151     266
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY                                   171       3     168
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC                              505     152     353
HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED               1,998   1,003     995
ECLAMPSIA                                          385     140     245
INCOMPETENT CERVIX                                  76      31      45
PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS                        258     180      78
PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE                         
  INFANT                                           512     209     303
RENAL DISEASE                                       63      43      20
RH SENSITIZATION                                   164     123      41
UTERINE BLEEDING                                   202     134      68
OTHER                                            2,971   1,031   1,940