Racial Disparity in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in New York State: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Masako Tanaka, MPH,
Gundegmaa Jaamaa, MD, MPH,
Michelle Kaiser, MS,
Elaine Hills, MA,
Aida Soim, MD,
Motao Zhu, MD, MS,
Ivan Y. Shcherbatykh, MD, MPH,
Renee Samelson, MD,
Erin Bell, PhD,
Michael Zdeb, MS and
Louise-Anne McNutt, PhD
At the time of the study, Masako Tanaka, Gundegmaa Jaamaa, Michelle Kaiser, Elaine Hills, Aida Soim, Motao Zhu, and Ivan Y. Shcherbatykh were graduate students and Renee Samelson was a preventive medicine resident at the School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York. Erin Bell, Michael Zdeb, and Louise-Anne McNutt are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York.
FIGURE 1——Rates of preeclampsia for women aged 20–34 years, by race/ethnicity, residential poverty, and diabetes status, in New York City (a) and New York State excluding New York City (b): 1993–2002.
Note. Similar patterns were seen in other age groups. Rates of diabetics per 100 hospitalizations with delivery in New York City were: Whites = 2.9; Hispanics = 3.9; Blacks = 4.2. Rates of diabetics per 100 hospitalizations with delivery in New York State excluding New York City were: Whites = 3.2; Hispanics = 3.7; Blacks = 3.7.
FIGURE 2——Rolling average rates of preeclampsia by race/ethnicity among nondiabetic women aged 20–34 years, New York City (a) and New York State excluding New York City (b): 1993–2002.
