Prevention may be essential to reducing racial disparities in stroke

Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than their white counterparts, according to the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which looked at stroke incidence and mortality of nearly 30,000 participants over the age of 45 from an ethnically and demographically diverse sample of the U.S. population.

Source: NINDS Press Releases and News: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - June 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news