Living in poor neighborhood a risk factor for out-of-hospital cardiac death

People living in poor neighborhoods are at higher risk of dying of heart disease outside a hospital than are people who live in wealthier neighborhoods, research suggests. The researchers analyzed the association between neighborhoods of differing socioeconomic status and out-of-hospital deaths caused by coronary heart disease in four US communities between 1992 and 2002. In each community, and among whites and African-Americans, those living in the poorer neighborhoods had a higher risk for these deaths.

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