Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: Damage to cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) from inadequate oxygen. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy allegedly may cause death in the newborn period or result in what is later recognized as developmental delay, mental retardation, or cerebral palsy.
1 The choices for ethnicity are:  Hispanic or Latino. A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term âSpanish originâ can be used in addition to âHispanic or Latino.â.
While there is no universally accepted definition, ethnicity is generally characterized as a sense of group belonging, based on ideas of common origins, history, culture, language, experience and values (see, for example: Anderson 1983; Bates 2004; Glazer and Moynihan 1976; Horowitz 1985; Varshney 2001).