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TABLE A13. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND DELIVERY
REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY COMPLICATION AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                      
                                                                  NON-
COMPLICATION                                     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL COMPLICATONS REPORTED                     15,699   8,349   7,350

FEBRILE (> 100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.)        409     225     184
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY                         2,462   1,041   1,421
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (> 12 HOURS)       1,512     617     895
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA                                  285     145     140
PLACENTA PREVIA                                    135      80      55
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING                            94      40      54
SEIZURES DURING LABOR                               30       9      21
PRECIPITOUS LABOR ( < 3 HOURS)                     544     261     283
PROLONGED LABOR ( > 20 HOURS)                      318     200     118
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR                              1,214     632     582
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION                           1,752   1,073     679
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION                      1,315     799     516
CORD PROLAPSE                                       67      35      32
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS                            18      18       0
FETAL DISTRESS                                   2,841   1,447   1,394
OTHER                                            2,703   1,727     976










TABLE A14. METHOD OF DELIVERY REPORTED ON LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
BY METHOD AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                
                                                            NON-
METHOD OF DELIVERY                         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL METHODS OF DELIVERY REPORTED        47,386  25,467  21,919

VAGINAL                                   30,340  16,032  14,308
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION       866     441     425
PRIMARY C-SECTION                          6,728   3,765   2,963
REPEAT C-SECTION                           4,944   2,685   2,259
FORCEPS                                    1,970   1,157     813
VACUUM                                     2,538   1,387   1,151

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Jackson, MS 39215-1700

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