L.A. County has among state's worst heart disease and diabetes death rates
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
For the period between 2005 and 2007, L.A. County ranked 46th in diabetes deaths and 48th in cardiac deaths out of the state's 58 counties. Los Angeles County ranks among the worst of California's 58 counties in deaths caused by heart disease and diabetes, according to a report released this week by the California Department of Public Health.