Prenatal chromosomal diagnosis. Racial and geographic variation for older women in Georgia
D. C. Sokal, J. R. Byrd, A. T. Chen, M. F. Goldberg and G. P. Oakley Jr
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.
