Where to Focus Efforts to Reduce the Black-White Disparity in Stroke Mortality: Incidence Versus Case Fatality? [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
These findings show that the black–white differences in stroke mortality are largely driven by differences in stroke incidence, with case fatality playing at most a minor role. Therefore, to reduce the black–white disparity in stroke mortality, interventions need to focus on prevention of stroke in blacks.

Source: Stroke - June 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Howard, G., Moy, C. S., Howard, V. J., McClure, L. A., Kleindorfer, D. O., Kissela, B. M., Judd, S. E., Unverzagt, F. W., Soliman, E. Z., Safford, M. M., Cushman, M., Flaherty, M. L., Wadley, V. G., for the REGARDS Investigators* Tags: Epidemiology, Primary Prevention, Race and Ethnicity, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research