TABLE N23. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND/OR DELIVERY REPORTED ON CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1996
COMPLICATION	TOTAL		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER		NOT STATED
	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER
NONE	52,748	461.3	39,129	474.6	8,862	439.6	4,473	520.7	284
FEBRILE (>100F OR 38C)	1,920	16.8	1,355	16.4	374	18.6	179	20.8	12
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY	7,129	62.4	4,826	58.5	1,764	87.5	490	57.0	49
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (>12 HOURS)	2,430	21.3	1,714	20.8	515	25.5	178	20.7	23
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA	686	6.0	446	5.4	199	9.9	39	4.5	2
PLACENTA PREVIA	434	3.8	314	3.8	72	3.6	45	5.2	3
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING	7,063	61.8	5,162	62.6	1,340	66.5	530	61.7	31
SEIZURES DURING LABOR	32	0.3	15	0.2	12	0.6	5	0.6	0
PRECIPITOUS LABOR (<3 HOURS)	4,864	42.5	3,519	42.7	999	49.6	323	37.6	23
PROLONGED LABOR (>20 HOURS)	1,827	16.0	1,279	15.5	397	19.7	143	16.6	8
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR	1,405	12.3	1,089	13.2	197	9.8	110	12.8	9
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION	4,560	39.9	3,458	41.9	752	37.3	327	38.1	23
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION	2,566	22.4	1,958	23.8	394	19.5	202	23.5	12
CORD PROLAPSE	293	2.6	206	2.5	65	3.2	21	2.4	1
ANAESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS	64	0.6	54	0.7	6	0.3	4	0.5	0
FETAL DISTRESS	5,441	47.6	3,778	45.8	1,231	61.1	409	47.6	23
OTHER	34,617	302.8	25,293	306.8	6,721	333.4	2,413	280.9	190
* Rates are computed per 1,000 live births in the specific racial category.