Table 6.

Effects of Hurricanes on the Most Common Abnormal Conditions and Complications of Labor/Delivery

		Abnormal Conditions of Newborn			Complications of Labor/Delivery
	Any Assisted Ventilation	Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	Assisted Ventilation: 30+ min	Arterial Blood Gas pH<7.2	Moderate/Heavy Meconium Staining of Amniotic Fluid	Dysfunctional Labor	Breech/Malpresentation
A. IV with Mother Fixed Effects, Full -Term Gestation Exposure Instrument
Hurricane 1st Trimester	0.0073 (0.0101)	0.0136** (0.0064)	0.0150** (0.0064)	0.0165** (0.0072)	0.0137 (0.0116)	0.0144** (0.0069)	0.0080 (0.0088)
Hurricane 2nd Trimester	−0.0249** (0.0108)	0.0326*** (0.0078)	0.0098 (0.0061)	0.0061 (0.0064)	0.0239** (0.0119)	0.0053 (0.0059)	−0.0076 (0.0084)
Hurricane 3rd Trimester	−0.0111 (0.0106)	0.0369*** (0.0091)	0.0133** (0.0053)	0.0102 (0.0069)	0.0299** (0.0132)	−0.0022 (0.0056)	0.0161** (0.0081)
N	301,683	301,683	301,683	301,683	301,683	301,683	301,683

Notes: Each column is from a separate regression. These regressions are estimated using data through 2004 only. See notes under Tables 1 and 4 for information about the sample, the storms and hurricanes, and the estimation methods and controls. For each outcome, births by mothers who have at most one child with non-missing data for that outcome are omitted.

Significance levels:

⁺p<0.10

^**p<0.05

^***p<0.001