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Racial and Geographic Variation for Older Women in Georgia

David C. Sokal, MD; J. Rogers Byrd, PhD; Andrew T. L. Chen, PhD; Marshall F. Goldberg, MD; Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1980;244(12):1355-1357.

Abstract
In a study of Georgia women aged 40 years and older, 15% made use of prenatal chromosomal diagnosis. There was, however, substantial racial and geographic variation, ranging from a use ratio of 60% among whites in two large urban counties to 0.5% among blacks outside Augusta and Atlanta health districts. This simple population-based epidemiologic analysis suggests that future program planning for genetic services in Georgia should address ways to increase access by rural women, especially blacks. Similar analyses in other states could be used for planning genetic services.

(JAMA 244:1355-1357, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Birth Defects Branch, Bureau of Epidemiology (Drs Sokal, Goldberg, and Oakley), and the Genetics Laboratory, Bureau of Laboratories (Dr Chen), the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta; and the Department of Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta (Dr Byrd).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Birth Defects Branch, Bldg 1, Room 5115, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333 (Dr Oakley).

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