AHA Guest Blog: Rates of premature heart attack death vary by sex, race and region in the U.S.
On January 18, 2022
Research Highlights: An analysis of more than 600,000 U.S. death records from a national database found that middle-aged adults, men, Black adults and adults living in rural areas had higher rates of heart attack death compared to young adults, women, white adults and people living in urban areas. Overall, premature heart attacks in the U.S. declined by 52% between 1999-2019. However, after an initial decline, the deceleration in death rates has plateaued across demographic subgroups between...
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