Increased inequality revealed in stroke deaths across Europe and central Asia
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
There is growing inequality between different countries in Europe and central Asia in the proportion of people who die from stroke, according to a new study. In countries where the proportions of stroke deaths have been low at the end of the 20th century, the death rates are continuing to decrease sharply; but in countries where stroke deaths were moderate or high, there has been "a further unprecedented increase in this cause of death".