Chest pain reports down among older Americans, whites, but not blacks
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 19:01
in Health & Medicine
The percentage of people reporting chest pain dropped in the last two decades among Americans 65 and older and whites 40 and older, but not among blacks. The national data included too few Hispanics and other minorities to reveal angina trends among those groups. More effective interventions for preventing and controlling high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking cessation may be needed among blacks, experts conclude.