Heart disease deaths declining, but not for everyone
Counties that are mostly Black, poor or rural continue to have higher rates of cardiovascular disease and death than urban areas.
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Counties that are mostly Black, poor or rural continue to have higher rates of cardiovascular disease and death than urban areas.
Limited rural health care means greater health risks December 16, 2020 Donglan "Stacy" Zhang (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) An overall increase in primary care clinicians has not closed the gap between rural and urban health care disparities. That’s according to research from a University of Georgia scientist. “We know that rural patients die early from heart disease and stroke. In general, they have a higher mortality,” said Donglan “Stacy” Zhang, assistant professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health. “We wanted to explore the upstream factors th...