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African American men and
women have the highest prevalence of
strokes and cardiovascular disease in
the United States . African Americans
living in the southeastern region of
the nation have a higher mortality rate
from strokes than their white counterparts.
For these reasons, Morehouse School of
Medicine's Center for Health Disparities
has a research component program in Cardiovascular
Health and Stroke Prevention. |
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is to identify the causes and strategies
to eliminate this disparity by concentrating
on systems of evaluation/surveillance,
environmental factors, access to quality
medical care, lifestyle choices, and
gene-environment interactions. |
African
American men living in impoverished
communities within metropolitan Atlanta
( Fulton County ), are hospitalized
for strokes at a rate three times
higher than African American men
living in other Atlanta communities.
The same African American men living
in poverty have rates of hypertension
that are six times that of men living
elsewhere in the community. |
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addition, there appear to be striking
geographic and socioeconomic disparities
in stroke risk among Georgians living
in rural coastal counties relative
to Georgians in urban areas. |
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