Where to Focus Efforts to Reduce the Black–White Disparity in Stroke Mortality | Zendy

George Howard | Zendy; Claudia S. Moy | Zendy; Virginia J. Howard | Zendy; Leslie A. McClure | Zendy; Dawn Kleindorfer | Zendy; Brett Kissela | Zendy; Suzanne E. Judd | Zendy; Fredrick Unverzagt | Zendy; Elsayed Z. Soliman | Zendy; Monika M. Safford | Zendy; Mary Cushman | Zendy; Matthew L. Flaherty | Zendy; Virginia G. Wadley | Zendy

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Where to Focus Efforts to Reduce the Black–White Disparity in Stroke Mortality

Author(s) -

George Howard,

Claudia S. Moy,

Virginia J. Howard,

Leslie A. McClure,

Dawn Kleindorfer,

Brett Kissela,

Suzanne E. Judd,

Fredrick Unverzagt,

Elsayed Z. Soliman,

Monika M. Safford,

Mary Cushman,

Matthew L. Flaherty,

Virginia G. Wadley

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.115.012631

Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , medicine , case fatality rate , demography , incidence (geometry) , cohort , negroid , psychological intervention , epidemiology , white (mutation) , cohort study , gerontology , chemistry , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , physics , optics , psychiatry , sociology , engineering , gene

At age 45 years, blacks have a stroke mortality ≈3× greater than their white counterparts, with a declining disparity at older ages. We assess whether this black-white disparity in stroke mortality is attributable to a black-white disparity in stroke incidence versus a disparity in case fatality.

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