Blacks in South at Greater Risk of Stroke Death

ABC News: Blacks in South at Greater Risk of Stroke Death: "Blacks in South at Greater Risk of Stroke Death
Reuters
Feb. 2, 2005 - By Martha Kerr (reference from Mario Maranhão)NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - Compared with African Americans living in other regions of the United States, those in the south have a higher risk of death from stroke -- compounding their overall increased risk of stroke death compared with other ethnic groups.
Dr. George Howard of the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented his findings Wednesday at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2005 that is underway here.
Howard and his colleagues at Birmingham and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta collected information on stroke deaths from state databases from 1997 through 2001.
They found the greatest differences in death according to race occurred in those 45 to 64 years old. Differences diminished with age until 85 years, when there was no racial difference."