The association between race/ethnicity and the prevalence of stroke among United States adults in 2015: a secondary analysis study using Behavioural Risk Factor

Background: Worldwide, stroke is considered the second leading cause of death, accounting for 11.8% of all deaths in 2013. In the Unites States (US), approximately 795,000 people have a stroke every year. Stroke has many different risk factors that vary by race/ethnicity. There is limited contempo...

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman Yousef Aldayel, Muteb Mousa Alharbi, Asem Mustafa Shadid, Juan Carlos Zevallos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronic Physician 2017-12-01
Series:Electronic Physician
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843410/