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The Differential Incidence Of Gestational Hypertension Among Georgia Counties, Douglas Hoffmann
The Differential Incidence Of Gestational Hypertension Among Georgia Counties, Douglas Hoffmann
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The Differential Incidence of Gestational Hypertension Among Georgia Counties
Douglas G. Hoffmann, MD
October 31, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Gestational hypertension is responsible for a significant number of maternal mortality cases. It is hypothesized that county-level incidence differences of gestational hypertension in Georgia are related to county demographic or environmental characteristics and disease risk.
AIM: This study aims to determine factors related to differential incidence rates of gestational hypertension in Georgia.
METHODS: Data was obtained from the Georgia Department of Public Health and publicly available sources for the years 2013-2017. Gestational hypertension clusters were identified using GeoDa software. Contextual continuous variables …