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Volume 5:
No. 3, July 2008
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Increasing Prevalence of
Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy-Related Hypertension in Los Angeles
County, California, 1991–2003
| Ethnicity |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| White |
13.8 |
18.1 |
18.5 |
17.9 |
19.2 |
20.3 |
22.4 |
25.5 |
26.8 |
29.3 |
30.9 |
32.6 |
35.7 |
| Black |
14.5 |
17.7 |
20.1 |
22.0 |
21.8 |
25.4 |
23.4 |
25.1 |
33.9 |
32.2 |
33.8 |
40.3 |
37.6 |
| Hispanic |
14.8 |
21.6 |
26.7 |
31.7 |
30.6 |
33.3 |
35.7 |
41.8 |
45.3 |
47.4 |
50.6 |
56.9 |
55.9 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
17.0 |
22.9 |
25.0 |
29.4 |
30.3 |
33.1 |
36.5 |
39.9 |
47.6 |
46.6 |
51.5 |
53.5 |
51.8 |
| All |
14.5 |
20.3 |
23.2 |
26.4 |
26.2 |
28.7 |
30.6 |
35.1 |
38.8 |
40.4 |
43.4 |
48.1 |
47.9 |
Figure 1. Age-Adjusted Rates of Gestational Diabetes Among All Women and by Race/Ethnicity — Los Angeles County, California, 1991–2003
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| Ethnicity |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| White |
37.1 |
38.3 |
40.2 |
43.8 |
46.2 |
49.2 |
46.1 |
49.7 |
49.3 |
51.5 |
51.7 |
50.3 |
51.6 |
| Black |
55.1 |
53.1 |
61.4 |
62.7 |
68.7 |
74.5 |
74.2 |
80.5 |
87.0 |
86.6 |
85.1 |
90.0 |
92.0 |
| Hispanic |
42.3 |
41.9 |
41.5 |
46.4 |
47.5 |
45.5 |
47.0 |
50.0 |
52.2 |
51.4 |
54.0 |
52.6 |
53.9 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
29.4 |
29.7 |
28.8 |
29.9 |
34.2 |
37.7 |
34.6 |
36.7 |
41.5 |
36.0 |
38.5 |
34.9 |
36.2 |
| All |
40.5 |
40.5 |
41.8 |
45.5 |
47.3 |
47.8 |
47.2 |
50.9 |
52.9 |
52.1 |
54.0 |
53.4 |
54.4 |
Figure 2. Age-Adjusted Rates of Pregnancy-Related Hypertension
Among All Women and by Race/Ethnicity — Los Angeles County, California, 1991–2003
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