African-Americans have highest stroke rate, southerners more likely to die, study finds
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 21:42
in Health & Medicine
African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region, and people who have a stroke are more likely to die in the South than elsewhere, according to researchers.
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