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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2021 Dec 8;62(4):e223–e231. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.10.007

Table 2.

Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Race/Ethnic Subgroups by Maternal Place of Birth

Place of birth Gestational diabetes mellitus Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Pooled rate (2014–2019) Average APC (2014 to 2019) Pooled rate (2014–2019) Average APC (2014 to 2019)
Overall
 Outside U.S. 70.3 (69.9, 70.7) 4.6 (3.4, 5.9) 52.5 (52.2, 52.9) 9.4 (7.7, 11.2)
 U.S. 53.2 (53.0, 53.4) 4.4 (3.6, 5.2) 90.1 (89.9, 90.3) 8.2 (7.5, 9.0)
Non-Hispanic White
 Outside U.S. 52.1 (51.2, 52.9) 5.0 (2.3, 7.8) 46.8 (46.0, 47.7) 8.0 (6.1, 10.0)
 U.S. 51.8 (51.6, 52.0) 4.5 (3.4, 5.6) 91.5 (91.2, 91.8) 8.5 (7.9, 9.1)
Non-Hispanic Black
 Outside U.S. 55.3 (54.2, 56.4) 2.4 (1.4, 3.4) 71.3 (70.0, 72.6) 8.7 (5.6, 11.9)
 U.S. 52.0 (51.4, 52.6) 1.6 (0.5, 2.8) 105.4 (104.6, 106.2) 7.4 (6.0, 8.9)
Hispanic/Latina
 Outside U.S. 61.0 (60.4, 61.7) 3.5 (1.4, 5.7) 60.6 (60.0, 61.2) 9.7 (8.5, 10.8)
 U.S. 61.2 (60.6, 61.9) 5.0 (4.5, 5.0) 78.4 (77.7, 79.0) 7.7 (6.7, 8.9)
 Mexican
  Outside U.S. 70.2 (69.2, 71.3) 3.5 (0.9, 6.3) 60.9 (60.0, 61.8) 9.7 (6.8, 12.6)
  U.S. 64.6 (63.7, 65.5) 4.4 (3.3, 5.5) 79.0 (78.1, 79.9) 7.6 (6.1, 9.1)
 Puerto Rican
  Outside U.S. 71.2 (68.0, 74.6) 19.6 (0, 42.9) 83.0 (79.6, 86.5) 13.7 (9.6, 18.0)
  U.S. 66.2 (64.3, 68.2) 5.3 (2.2, 8.5) 81.8 (79.9, 83.9) 9.3 (2.1, 17.0)
 Cuban
  Outside U.S. 56.9 (54.2, 59.6) 9.5 (4.6, 14.6) 66.1 (63.4, 69.0) 11.4 (7.0, 16.1)
  U.S. 46.0 (43.4, 48.8) 11.6 (6.4, 17.0) 75.0 (71.6, 78.5) 10.3 (7.1, 13.5)
 C/S American
  Outside U.S. 50.4 (49.4, 51.4) 4.2 (0.9, 7.6) 53.5 (52.5, 54.5) 9.5 (8.1, 10.9)
  U.S. 48.8 (46.9, 50.8) 8.3 (1.5, 15.5) 67.5 (65.4, 69.7) 8.1 (6.3, 9.9)
Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander
 Outside U.S. 97.1 (96.2, 98.0) 5.5 (4.6, 6.5) 39.0 (38.3, 39.7) 9.7 (5.4, 14.1)
 U.S. 73.5 (72.1, 74.9) 5.3 (4.5, 6.2) 59.7 (58.4, 61.0) 9.5 (6.9, 12.1)
 Asian Indian
  Outside U.S. 122.7 (120.6, 124.9) 5.0 (2.0, 8.1) 44.3 (42.7, 46.0) 9.7 (5.3, 14.2)
  U.S. 75.5 (71.2, 80.1) 6.5 (4.9, 8.2) 50.5 (46.7, 54.5) 10.0 (3.5, 16.9)
 Chinese
  Outside U.S. 79.7 (77.6, 81.8) 5.5 (2.5, 8.6) 19.9 (18.5, 21.5) 11.4 (−0.8, 25.0)
  U.S. 68.4 (63.1, 74.2) 7.7 (−1.2, 17.4) 39.5 (35.5, 44.0) 11.0 (5.5, 16.8)
 Filipina
  Outside U.S. 96.8 (94.1, 99.7) 5.7 (3.9, 7.6) 68.6 (66.1, 71.1) 9.8 (6.1, 13.7)
  U.S. 82.8 (79.0, 86.8) 5.4 (0, 11.2) 80.7 (76.7, 84.8) 7.5 (3.0, 12.2)
 Japanese
  Outside U.S. 37.5 (32.4, 45.7) 9.7 (3.5, 16.2) 24.1 (18.6, 33.0) 9.0 (−21.2, 50.6)
  U.S. 61.8 (53.5, 71.6) 5.6 (−7.6, 20.8) 57.7 (46.9, 70.5) 16.0 (−3.5, 39.4)
 Korean
  Outside U.S. 61.5 (56.8, 66.6) 8.6 (5.2, 12.2) 36.2 (31.1, 42.0) 1.0 (−4.0, 6,3)
  U.S. 62.3 (55.8, 69.5) 4.2 (−4.9, 14.0) 45.8 (38.0, 54.7) 18.6 (−0.9, 41.8)
 Vietnamese
  Outside U.S. 100.1 (96.7, 103.6) 5.5 (1.2, 9.9) 25.0 (23.0, 27.1) 9.7 (2.7, 17.1)
  U.S. 77.1 (72.0, 82.4) 2.7 (−4.1, 10.0) 48.6 (44.3, 53.2) 6.4 (−5.3, 19.5)

Notes: Rates per 1,000 live births. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

APC, annual percent change; C/S, Central/South.