Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

TABLE N23. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND/OR DELIVERY REPORTED ON CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS,BY RACE OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1997
COMPLICATION	TOTAL		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER		NOT STATED
COMPLICATION	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER	RATE*	NUMBER
NONE	49,268	434.7	36,297	448.5	8,735	424.1	4,112	458.2	124
FEBRILE (>100F OR 38C)	2,151	19.0	1,497	18.5	418	20.3	229	25.5	7
MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY	7,501	66.2	4,918	60.8	2,004	97.3	561	62.5	18
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (>12 HOURS)	2,236	19.7	1,555	19.2	497	24.1	182	20.3	2
ABRUPTIO PLACENTA	713	6.3	442	5.5	225	10.9	45	5.0	1
PLACENTA PREVIA	466	4.1	328	4.1	83	4.0	52	5.8	3
OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING	2,489	22.0	1,683	20.8	575	27.9	218	24.3	13
SEIZURES DURING LABOR	35	0.3	19	0.2	13	0.6	3	0.3	0
PRECIPITOUS LABOR (<3 HOURS)	5,057	44.6	3,676	45.4	1,062	51.6	302	33.7	17
PROLONGED LABOR (>20 HOURS)	2,188	19.3	1,513	18.7	461	22.4	206	23.0	8
DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR	1,416	12.5	1,079	13.3	239	11.6	96	10.7	2
BREECH/MALPRESENTATION	4,648	41.0	3,471	42.9	791	38.4	370	41.2	16
CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION	2,476	21.8	1,881	23.2	355	17.2	236	26.3	4
CORD PROLAPSE	249	2.2	175	2.2	52	2.5	22	2.5	0
ANAESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS	59	0.5	39	0.5	12	0.6	8	0.9	0
FETAL DISTRESS	6,084	53.7	4,048	50.0	1,491	72.4	533	59.4	12
OTHER	36,327	320.5	26,485	327.3	6,774	328.9	2,986	332.7	82
* Rates are computed per 1,000 live births in the specific racial category.