ADVISORY/Race, Geography Influence Risk of Dying from Heart Disease.Business Editors, Medical Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2000 TOPIC: Geographic location and race may contribute to a woman's risk of dying from heart disease, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. and West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. , as reported by the Associated Press. Overall, the average U.S. heart disease death rate among women was 401 fatalities per 100,000 females. However, the average death rate from heart disease for African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. women was 553 deaths per 100,000. Women age 35 and older who reside in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Mississippi and West Virginia suffered from the highest risk of dying from heart disease, while women in Alaska, Minnesota and Montana are at the lowest risk. The report was compiled to assist health workers target at-risk women. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Allen Anderson of the University of Chicago Department of Medicine is an expert on cardiology and cardiovascular diseases. 773/702-9396 773/702-1234 Dr. Duane Stephens of the Berkeley Cardiovascular Medical Group is an expert on coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. and has been involved in treatment and diagnosis of coronary artery disease for 16 years. 510/204-1478 Dr. Steve Raskin is director of the Coronary Care Unit coronary care unit n. Abbr. CCU A hospital unit that is specially equipped to treat and monitor patients with serious heart conditions, such as coronary thrombosis. at Alameda Cardiology. Raskin is a specialist in preventive and clinical cardiology, and can discuss risk factors and genetics. 510/522-6323 HeartSR@aol.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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