People with lower incomes and lower education levels have higher death rates

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 07:07 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have long suspected that socioeconomic factors like education level and income also might affect survival rates following heart attack. In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic researchers present new data suggesting that people with lower incomes and education levels are more likely to die after heart attack than more affluent, educated people...

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