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2025

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.32144	0.01985	0.65365	0.00507
Alabama	0.43291	0.04765	0.51179	NSD
Alaska	0.28293	0.02758	0.68481	NSD
Arizona	0.29134	0.02200	0.68479	NSD
Arkansas	0.40127	0.03100	0.56731	NSD
California	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Colorado	0.23951	0.02214	0.73472	0.00363
Connecticut	0.31873	0.02201	0.65310	0.00617
Delaware	0.32848	0.02121	0.64553	0.00478
District of Columbia	0.24797	0.01945	0.72207	0.01051
Florida	0.34002	0.01393	0.64240	0.00365
Georgia	0.35198	0.02834	0.61752	NSD
Hawaii	0.31727	0.01869	0.65111	0.01293
Idaho	0.25417	0.02324	0.71522	0.00738
Illinois	0.29968	0.01801	0.67889	0.00342
Indiana	0.32779	0.01716	0.65149	0.00356
Iowa	0.29135	0.02246	0.68092	0.00527
Kansas	0.33026	0.01504	0.64790	0.00680
Kentucky	0.38087	0.01917	0.59458	NSD
Louisiana	0.40642	0.02421	0.56403	0.00534
Maine	0.32275	0.01596	0.65635	0.00493
Maryland	0.34814	0.02307	0.62142	0.00737
Massachusetts	0.28476	0.01323	0.69818	0.00383
Michigan	0.32593	0.01509	0.65565	0.00333
Minnesota	0.28296	0.01798	0.69367	0.00539
Mississippi	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Missouri	0.35522	0.01429	0.61538	0.01511
Montana	0.27594	0.02295	0.69440	0.00672
Nebraska	0.30047	0.02739	0.66784	NSD
Nevada	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Hampshire	0.28201	0.01831	0.69657	0.00311
New Jersey	0.30047	0.01761	0.67540	0.00653
New Mexico	0.28754	0.03009	0.67672	NSD
New York	0.29985	0.01609	0.67897	0.00509
North Carolina	0.33518	0.01437	0.64574	NSD
North Dakota	0.29870	0.01838	0.67762	0.00530
Ohio	0.33029	0.02306	0.64181	0.00485
Oklahoma	0.37759	0.01733	0.59896	NSD
Oregon	0.30344	0.02022	0.67363	NSD
Pennsylvania	0.34938	0.01345	0.63123	NSD
Rhode Island	0.31846	0.01461	0.66415	NSD
South Carolina	0.36192	0.03019	0.60604	NSD
South Dakota	0.29572	NSD	0.68646	NSD
Tennessee	0.36684	0.02544	0.58535	0.02237
Texas	0.29596	0.02119	0.68041	NSD
Utah	0.23902	0.02885	0.72623	0.00589
Vermont	0.29912	0.01414	0.68081	0.00594
Virginia	0.33502	0.01680	0.64492	NSD
Washington	0.27742	0.01960	0.69650	0.00648
West Virginia	0.39913	0.02759	0.56621	0.00707
Wisconsin	0.28951	0.02213	0.68195	0.00641
Wyoming	0.26588	0.02347	0.70541	NSD
Guam	0.36127	NSD	0.60356	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.43639	NSD	0.55132	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2023

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.320506	0.01742	0.655892	0.006182
Alabama	0.423312	0.040221	0.531315	0.005151
Alaska	0.284033	0.033444	0.677876	0.004648
Arizona	0.308367	0.019463	0.669366	NSD
Arkansas	0.404519	0.022066	0.567978	0.005436
California	0.274624	0.010593	0.706917	NSD
Colorado	0.232182	0.017154	0.746823	0.00384
Connecticut	0.288465	0.015731	0.692051	NSD
Delaware	0.354012	0.022068	0.616726	NSD
District of Columbia	0.260926	NSD	0.721531	NSD
Florida	0.329305	0.01473	0.648079	0.007886
Georgia	0.361663	0.02301	0.61199	NSD
Hawaii	0.291822	0.022918	0.674067	0.011193
Idaho	0.273985	0.027055	0.685602	0.013358
Illinois	0.329881	0.018225	0.646454	NSD
Indiana	0.354299	0.02021	0.621749	0.003742
Iowa	0.325668	0.022712	0.646074	0.005546
Kansas	0.321888	0.022571	0.649059	0.006483
Kentucky	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Louisiana	0.420704	0.021223	0.554887	NSD
Maine	0.326906	0.014791	0.651066	0.007237
Maryland	0.334105	0.016756	0.640574	0.008564
Massachusetts	0.270643	0.017137	0.704579	0.007641
Michigan	0.338405	0.01667	0.640343	0.004582
Minnesota	0.276797	0.011536	0.70554	0.006127
Mississippi	0.441378	0.029576	0.519295	0.00975
Missouri	0.333899	0.019782	0.636184	0.010135
Montana	0.280373	0.020045	0.692893	0.006689
Nebraska	0.297272	0.026008	0.673488	0.003232
Nevada	0.296898	0.011579	0.680236	NSD
New Hampshire	0.290841	0.013617	0.687883	0.007659
New Jersey	0.313922	0.013709	0.669033	0.003336
New Mexico	0.312132	NSD	0.672763	NSD
New York	0.306269	0.016575	0.67052	0.006636
North Carolina	0.351576	0.010552	0.630572	0.0073
North Dakota	0.277899	0.028942	0.688459	NSD
Ohio	0.351257	0.016325	0.624756	0.007663
Oklahoma	0.360086	0.01811	0.615147	0.006657
Oregon	0.296698	0.022588	0.675521	NSD
Pennsylvania	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rhode Island	0.306946	0.015958	0.673864	NSD
South Carolina	0.372607	0.025269	0.597465	0.004659
South Dakota	0.294248	NSD	0.695664	NSD
Tennessee	0.378106	0.017531	0.597487	NSD
Texas	0.306461	0.020518	0.668341	0.00468
Utah	0.22848	0.028357	0.738302	0.00486
Vermont	0.286749	0.011993	0.694508	0.00675
Virginia	0.336679	0.020456	0.635086	0.007779
Washington	0.268377	0.018753	0.705874	0.006996
West Virginia	0.422041	0.019562	0.554314	NSD
Wisconsin	0.299859	0.014797	0.680123	0.005222
Wyoming	0.284178	0.020968	0.68924	NSD
Guam	0.31273	NSD	0.652855	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.432453	0.005282	0.561479	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	0.451046	NSD	0.512139	NSD

2021

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.3458	0.0142	0.6331	0.0069
Alabama	0.4734	0.0132	0.5055	0.0078
Alaska	0.3144	0.0165	0.6612	0.0079
Arizona	0.3161	0.0166	0.663	0.0043
Arkansas	0.4687	0.0121	0.5137	0.0055
California	0.2865	0.0125	0.6965	0.0046
Colorado	0.2769	0.0164	0.7019	0.0047
Connecticut	0.3175	0.0132	0.6603	0.009
Delaware	0.3762	0.0194	0.5939	NSD
District of Columbia	0.3195	0.0142	0.6585	NSD
Florida	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Georgia	0.4026	0.0144	0.5786	0.0044
Hawaii	0.2888	0.0179	0.6786	0.0147
Idaho	0.3306	0.0234	0.6409	0.005
Illinois	0.3093	0.015	0.6669	0.0087
Indiana	0.362	0.0187	0.6147	0.0046
Iowa	0.3325	0.0154	0.6425	0.0096
Kansas	0.3554	0.0169	0.6183	0.0095
Kentucky	0.4074	0.0296	0.5567	0.0063
Louisiana	0.4231	0.012	0.5579	0.007
Maine	0.3469	0.0151	0.6272	0.0109
Maryland	0.3841	0.0135	0.5916	0.0108
Massachusetts	0.2947	0.0151	0.6809	0.0092
Michigan	0.3701	0.0122	0.611	0.0066
Minnesota	0.3113	0.0145	0.6664	0.0078
Mississippi	0.4863	0.028	0.4796	NSD
Missouri	0.3649	0.0182	0.6044	0.0125
Montana	0.32	0.0088	0.6604	0.0107
Nebraska	0.3319	0.0183	0.6434	0.0063
Nevada	0.3508	NSD	0.6386	NSD
New Hampshire	0.3181	0.0123	0.6624	0.0072
New Jersey	0.3085	0.0064	0.6752	0.0099
New Mexico	0.3441	0.013	0.6361	0.0068
New York	0.3244	0.0123	0.6562	0.007
North Carolina	0.3754	0.0106	0.6075	0.0065
North Dakota	0.3418	0.0108	0.6378	0.0097
Ohio	0.369	0.0136	0.6097	0.0078
Oklahoma	0.3969	0.0214	0.5728	0.0089
Oregon	0.333	0.0181	0.6409	0.008
Pennsylvania	0.3247	0.0174	0.6484	0.0095
Rhode Island	0.3412	0.0157	0.6366	0.0064
South Carolina	0.424	0.0157	0.5527	0.0076
South Dakota	0.3278	0.0231	0.6438	NSD
Tennessee	0.377	0.0172	0.5979	0.0079
Texas	0.3531	0.0117	0.6303	0.005
Utah	0.2773	0.0287	0.6865	0.0075
Vermont	0.2899	0.0109	0.6911	0.008
Virginia	0.3638	0.015	0.6128	0.0083
Washington	0.3029	0.0138	0.6752	0.008
West Virginia	0.4429	0.0179	0.5339	0.0053
Wisconsin	0.3264	0.0057	0.6617	0.0062
Wyoming	0.2956	0.0218	0.6759	NSD
Guam	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Puerto Rico	0.4485	0.0097	0.5393	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2019

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.3056	0.0174	0.6716	0.0054
Alabama	0.4082	0.0105	0.5763	0.005
Alaska	0.2764	NSD	0.7002	NSD
Arizona	0.3046	0.0121	0.6813	NSD
Arkansas	0.3931	NSD	0.5941	NSD
California	0.2632	0.0151	0.7148	0.0068
Colorado	0.2349	0.0187	0.7417	0.0047
Connecticut	0.2895	0.0174	0.6902	0.0029
Delaware	0.3393	0.0148	0.64	NSD
District of Columbia	0.254	0.0153	0.7236	NSD
Florida	0.3104	0.0123	0.6732	0.0041
Georgia	0.3387	0.0197	0.6391	0.0025
Hawaii	0.2822	0.0131	0.6911	0.0135
Idaho	0.2833	0.0192	0.6947	NSD
Illinois	0.2965	0.0216	0.6761	0.0059
Indiana	0.3255	0.0207	0.6494	0.0044
Iowa	0.2968	0.0208	0.6768	0.0056
Kansas	0.3074	0.0163	0.6716	0.0046
Kentucky	0.3923	0.0232	0.5792	NSD
Louisiana	0.3855	0.021	0.5868	NSD
Maine	0.3202	0.0151	0.6614	0.0032
Maryland	0.3255	0.0163	0.6511	0.0071
Massachusetts	0.255	0.021	0.7197	NSD
Michigan	0.326	0.0213	0.647	0.0058
Minnesota	0.2577	0.0201	0.7151	0.007
Mississippi	0.4421	0.0178	0.5368	NSD
Missouri	0.3002	0.0162	0.6529	0.0308
Montana	0.2577	0.0188	0.7127	0.0107
Nebraska	0.2915	0.0249	0.6785	0.0052
Nevada	0.3004	0.0161	0.6786	NSD
New Hampshire	0.2886	0.0208	0.6849	0.0057
New Jersey	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Mexico	0.2846	0.0204	0.6932	NSD
New York	0.2706	0.0126	0.7127	0.0041
North Carolina	0.3475	0.0142	0.6328	NSD
North Dakota	0.2736	0.0217	0.6976	0.0071
Ohio	0.3159	0.0168	0.6605	0.0068
Oklahoma	0.3513	0.0221	0.6194	0.0072
Oregon	0.2822	0.0222	0.6918	NSD
Pennsylvania	0.3175	0.0199	0.6562	0.0063
Rhode Island	0.2984	0.016	0.6821	0.0034
South Carolina	0.3625	0.0165	0.6166	0.0044
South Dakota	0.2717	0.0179	0.7063	NSD
Tennessee	0.369	0.016	0.6118	NSD
Texas	0.2932	0.0226	0.6823	0.0019
Utah	0.2164	0.0305	0.7458	0.0073
Vermont	0.2621	0.0135	0.7176	NSD
Virginia	0.316	0.0206	0.6583	0.0051
Washington	0.2685	0.0189	0.7061	0.0065
West Virginia	0.4171	0.0147	0.5627	0.0055
Wisconsin	0.2785	0.0123	0.7049	NSD
Wyoming	0.2611	0.0232	0.7142	NSD
Guam	0.2798	0.0114	0.697	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.3916	0.0074	0.6003	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2017

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.3043	0.0179	0.673	0.0047
Alabama	0.4066	NSD	0.57	NSD
Alaska	0.2745	NSD	0.6857	NSD
Arizona	0.2818	0.0153	0.7004	NSD
Arkansas	0.3966	NSD	0.5758	NSD
California	0.2631	0.0176	0.7164	NSD
Colorado	0.2294	0.018	0.7483	NSD
Connecticut	0.285	0.0133	0.6953	0.0063
Delaware	0.3297	NSD	0.6498	NSD
District of Columbia	0.269	NSD	0.7018	NSD
Florida	0.3362	0.0167	0.6457	NSD
Georgia	0.3247	NSD	0.6538	NSD
Hawaii	0.292	0.0145	0.6767	0.0168
Idaho	0.2651	NSD	0.7129	NSD
Illinois	0.3077	NSD	0.6667	NSD
Indiana	0.3306	0.0265	0.6377	NSD
Iowa	0.303	0.0163	0.676	NSD
Kansas	0.2999	0.0229	0.6719	0.0053
Kentucky	0.3584	0.0232	0.6131	NSD
Louisiana	0.3781	NSD	0.5929	NSD
Maine	0.3011	NSD	0.6825	NSD
Maryland	0.3114	0.0174	0.6627	0.0085
Massachusetts	0.2644	0.0227	0.7111	NSD
Michigan	0.3215	0.0206	0.6536	NSD
Minnesota	0.2441	0.0124	0.7384	NSD
Mississippi	0.3998	0.0349	0.5636	NSD
Missouri	0.312	NSD	0.66	0.0127
Montana	0.2458	NSD	0.727	NSD
Nebraska	0.2776	0.0166	0.7012	NSD
Nevada	0.2885	NSD	0.6883	NSD
New Hampshire	0.2662	NSD	0.7222	NSD
New Jersey	0.3019	0.0203	0.6733	NSD
New Mexico	0.2738	NSD	0.7022	NSD
New York	0.2744	0.0159	0.7049	NSD
North Carolina	0.3379	NSD	0.6359	NSD
North Dakota	0.27	NSD	0.7056	NSD
Ohio	0.3297	0.0155	0.6513	NSD
Oklahoma	0.3641	0.0215	0.6087	NSD
Oregon	0.2727	NSD	0.704	NSD
Pennsylvania	0.2909	0.0152	0.6822	NSD
Rhode Island	0.31	NSD	0.6733	NSD
South Carolina	0.3608	0.0262	0.6066	0.0063
South Dakota	0.2745	NSD	0.7052	NSD
Tennessee	0.3723	NSD	0.6045	NSD
Texas	0.3116	0.0146	0.6718	NSD
Utah	0.2115	0.0271	0.7579	NSD
Vermont	0.2811	NSD	0.6941	NSD
Virginia	0.2995	0.013	0.6785	0.009
Washington	0.2588	0.0171	0.7181	0.006
West Virginia	0.4084	NSD	0.5689	NSD
Wisconsin	0.2769	NSD	0.7027	NSD
Wyoming	0.2751	NSD	0.7115	NSD
Guam	0.2758	NSD	0.683	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.4516	NSD	0.5302	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2015

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.302	0.018	0.674	0.006
Alabama	0.407	0.014	0.568	0.011
Alaska	0.249	NSD	0.723	NSD
Arizona	0.286	0.012	0.697	NSD
Arkansas	0.383	NSD	0.578	NSD
California	0.269	0.019	0.707	NSD
Colorado	0.227	0.021	0.746	0.006
Connecticut	0.287	0.017	0.691	NSD
Delaware	0.332	NSD	0.646	NSD
District of Columbia	0.291	NSD	0.687	NSD
Florida	0.315	0.013	0.667	NSD
Georgia	0.346	NSD	0.633	NSD
Hawaii	0.297	NSD	0.662	0.022
Idaho	0.276	NSD	0.703	NSD
Illinois	0.292	NSD	0.691	NSD
Indiana	0.304	NSD	0.675	NSD
Iowa	0.288	NSD	0.686	NSD
Kansas	0.301	0.021	0.673	0.005
Kentucky	0.368	0.021	0.603	0.009
Louisiana	0.39	NSD	0.581	NSD
Maine	0.312	0.012	0.672	NSD
Maryland	0.316	0.015	0.661	NSD
Massachusetts	0.268	0.017	0.712	NSD
Michigan	0.32	0.017	0.658	NSD
Minnesota	0.243	0.018	0.731	0.007
Mississippi	0.425	NSD	0.551	NSD
Missouri	0.311	NSD	0.657	0.011
Montana	0.258	NSD	0.713	NSD
Nebraska	0.272	0.015	0.706	0.007
Nevada	0.279	NSD	0.677	NSD
New Hampshire	0.268	NSD	0.71	NSD
New Jersey	0.291	0.019	0.687	NSD
New Mexico	0.292	NSD	0.687	NSD
New York	0.281	0.017	0.698	NSD
North Carolina	0.351	NSD	0.627	NSD
North Dakota	0.298	NSD	0.69	NSD
Ohio	0.311	0.018	0.667	NSD
Oklahoma	0.344	NSD	0.637	NSD
Oregon	0.278	NSD	0.695	NSD
Pennsylvania	0.302	NSD	0.669	NSD
Rhode Island	0.304	NSD	0.672	NSD
South Carolina	0.367	0.022	0.602	0.009
South Dakota	0.285	NSD	0.698	0.007
Tennessee	0.37	NSD	0.61	NSD
Texas	0.281	0.023	0.692	NSD
Utah	0.206	0.03	0.761	NSD
Vermont	0.256	NSD	0.726	NSD
Virginia	0.312	0.025	0.655	NSD
Washington	0.261	0.016	0.719	0.005
West Virginia	0.411	NSD	0.567	NSD
Wisconsin	0.289	NSD	0.698	NSD
Wyoming	0.263	NSD	0.713	NSD
Guam	0.287	NSD	0.65	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.438	NSD	0.549	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2013

Location	Yes	Yes, Pregnancy-Related	No	No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States	0.31	0.017	0.666	0.006
Alabama	0.392	NSD	0.58	0.012
Alaska	0.252	0.026	0.716	NSD
Arizona	0.292	NSD	0.676	NSD
Arkansas	0.366	NSD	0.614	NSD
California	0.285	0.017	0.692	NSD
Colorado	0.239	0.017	0.737	0.007
Connecticut	0.287	0.02	0.69	NSD
Delaware	0.356	NSD	0.622	NSD
District of Columbia	0.28	NSD	0.703	NSD
Florida	0.321	0.017	0.657	0.005
Georgia	0.351	0.021	0.622	NSD
Hawaii	0.274	NSD	0.675	0.036
Idaho	0.258	NSD	0.716	NSD
Illinois	0.289	NSD	0.686	NSD
Indiana	0.323	0.017	0.655	NSD
Iowa	0.294	NSD	0.687	NSD
Kansas	0.295	0.018	0.68	0.006
Kentucky	0.379	0.02	0.589	0.011
Louisiana	0.403	0.023	0.57	NSD
Maine	0.31	NSD	0.671	0.008
Maryland	0.322	0.021	0.647	0.011
Massachusetts	0.273	0.015	0.706	0.007
Michigan	0.322	0.015	0.656	0.006
Minnesota	0.25	0.018	0.726	NSD
Mississippi	0.403	NSD	0.571	NSD
Missouri	0.3	0.017	0.673	0.01
Montana	0.264	0.021	0.71	NSD
Nebraska	0.282	0.019	0.692	0.007
Nevada	0.3	NSD	0.686	NSD
New Hampshire	0.272	NSD	0.713	NSD
New Jersey	0.296	0.02	0.679	0.005
New Mexico	0.277	0.019	0.699	NSD
New York	0.299	0.015	0.68	NSD
North Carolina	0.347	NSD	0.634	NSD
North Dakota	0.276	0.023	0.698	NSD
Ohio	0.316	0.021	0.656	0.008
Oklahoma	0.356	0.019	0.619	NSD
Oregon	0.28	NSD	0.704	NSD
Pennsylvania	0.323	0.016	0.655	NSD
Rhode Island	0.319	0.02	0.659	NSD
South Carolina	0.373	0.016	0.604	0.007
South Dakota	0.289	NSD	0.685	NSD
Tennessee	0.381	NSD	0.598	NSD
Texas	0.302	0.016	0.676	NSD
Utah	0.213	0.026	0.757	NSD
Vermont	0.28	NSD	0.702	NSD
Virginia	0.314	0.014	0.664	NSD
Washington	0.275	0.021	0.699	NSD
West Virginia	0.393	NSD	0.587	NSD
Wisconsin	0.311	NSD	0.674	NSD
Wyoming	0.263	NSD	0.715	NSD
Guam	0.299	NSD	0.649	NSD
Puerto Rico	0.439	NSD	0.545	NSD
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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