Prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy by hospital region U.S. 2019

During 2017-2019 the prevalence of any kind of hypertensive disorder during pregnancy was higher for hospitals in the South, with a rate of 15.9 percent. There the majority of pregnant patients having HDP suffered from pregnancy-associated hypertension with a rate of 12.6 percent. This graph shows the prevalence of U.S. women suffering from hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, by hospital region.

Prevalence of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by hospital region*

Characteristic	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
Any hypertensive disorder in pregnancy	13.9%	15%	15.9%	12.7%
Chronic hypertension	1.9%	2.1%	2.6%	1.6%
Pregnancy-associated hypertension	11.5%	12.3%	12.6%	10.6%
Unspecified maternal hypertension	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.5%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017-2019

Age group

12-55 years

Special properties

Data from the National Inpatient Sample

Supplementary notes

* "Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDPs), defined as prepregnancy (chronic) or pregnancy-associated hypertension, are common pregnancy complications in the United States"

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