Abubakar, Mahmud2023-12-142023-12-142021-01-06Abubakar, M. (2021). Assessment of Hypertensive Disorder Among Pregnant Women in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeriahttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/4686The objective of this study is to evaluate the risk factors and maternal health related problems developed during pregnancy among pregnant women in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The study population comprise of women of child bearing age 15 – 49 years that resides in the study area. Stratification of the city into three clusters, namely; Garki, Wuse, and the Central Business District that makes up AMAC was done. In each cluster, two settlements were randomly selected and questionnaire administered to the eligible respondents. Mean, Variance, Standard deviation, and Coefficient of Variation were used to analyze the data while Poisson Regression Analysis was used to describe the relationship between the dependent variable Y discrete Poisson-distributed data with the independent variables Xs. The study reveals that: as age move from 31-49 years to 15-30 years, there s an expected 18.5% increase in the number of Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy (HDP) originally. Similarly, as occupation move from business to civil servant and housewife, there is an expected 14.1% increase of the number of HDP originally while with respect to monthly income, there is an expected 4.4% increase of the number of HDP originally from high to medium. Similarly, with respect to parity, the study concluded that grand parity does not increase the risk for pregnancy outcomes and reflects the fact that high parity is associated with socio-economic disadvantage in AMAC. The message of this study might discourage a large number of births in AMAC where pregnancy health care services are to some extent provided.enHypertensive disorder, Pregnancy, Abuja, Poisson Regression, overdispersionArticle