Variation in heart disease death risk in England largely attributed to population characteristics
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
In England, a country with a universal access health care system, there is wide variation between local populations in the rate of death from coronary heart disease, which is largely explained by population characteristics such as low socioeconomic factors, white ethnicity, levels of smoking, and diabetes, according to a study in the November 10 issue of JAMA.