Research Article
Racial/Ethnic, Nativity, and Sociodemographic Disparities in Maternal Hypertension in the United States, 2014-2015
Table 3
Racial/ethnic variation in selected social and medical risk factors for
maternal hypertension, United States, 2014-2015 (
= 7,966,573).
| Race/Ethnicity | Maternal Age ≥ 35 Years Percent | Maternal Education ≥ 16 Years Percent | Foreign Born Percent | Gestational Diabetes Percent | Pre-pregnancy Overweight (BMI ≥ 25) Prevalence (%) | Pre-pregnancy Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) Prevalence (%) | Weight gain in pregnancy (>40 lbs) Prevalence (%) | Smoking Before Pregnancy Percent | Smoking in Pregnancy Percent |
| All Races | 16.0 | 30.6 | 22.3 | 6.4 | 50.8 | 25.1 | 21.3 | 10.5 | 8.1 | Non-Hispanic White | 16.3 | 39.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 47.3 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 14.9 | 11.6 | Non-Hispanic Black | 12.8 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 5.6 | 61.8 | 35.0 | 21.7 | 9.0 | 6.9 | American Indian/AN | 10.0 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 63.1 | 36.0 | 22.8 | 22.3 | 17.9 | Chinese | 31.6 | 67.5 | 87.5 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Japanese | 49.4 | 66.5 | 72.5 | 6.2 | 16.3 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | Filipino | 31.9 | 53.1 | 72.7 | 11.9 | 36.3 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | Asian Indian | 18.7 | 78.3 | 89.9 | 13.3 | 37.7 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Korean | 36.5 | 76.7 | 78.7 | 7.9 | 19.9 | 5.0 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | Vietnamese | 29.2 | 39.9 | 81.3 | 11.6 | 15.8 | 3.6 | 12.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | Hawaiian | 14.5 | 18.1 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 65.0 | 37.2 | 24.8 | 14.7 | 12.3 | Samoan | 12.0 | 7.4 | 29.6 | 10.1 | 87.6 | 64.4 | 31.2 | 9.9 | 8.1 | Mexican | 14.5 | 9.1 | 49.2 | 7.6 | 59.3 | 29.1 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Puerto Rican | 12.0 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 56.8 | 29.9 | 22.3 | 10.1 | 6.8 | Cuban | 17.0 | 26.6 | 51.9 | 5.2 | 47.1 | 19.9 | 25.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Central/South American | 20.8 | 17.5 | 82.8 | 6.4 | 52.0 | 20.5 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
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Source. Data derived from the 2014-2015 US National Natality data files. AN = Alaska Native.
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