Heart disease is twice as prevalent in poorer states

A recent report show that heart disease is twiceof heart attack( OK-5%, MIS and KEN-6%).
as prevalent in poorer states and with those who"Many of the states with the highest prevalence
did not finish high school. Reuters said Thursdaywere clustered in the lower Mississippi and Ohio
that a survey conducted by federal researchersRiver valleys, areas that have been documented
found the evidence in their recent state-by-statepreviously as having high proportions of residents
evaluation.with heart-disease risk factors and high
In the survey, 6.5% of the respondents polledheart-disease mortality," the Centers for Disease
reported serious chest pain known as Angina,Control and Prevention told Reuters.
heart attacks, or had heart disease. 4% hadHeart disease has been the leading cause of death
reported having a heart attack.in America for the last 80 years. Heart disease is
According to Reuters, "The lowest rate of heartalso a major expense in healthcare spending,
attacks was in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a territory incosting Americans over 151.6 billion of direct and
the Caribbean, where just 2.1 percent of peopleindirect costs in 2007. This report is aimed to help
said they had ever had a heart attack. The worststates be able to recognize where the current
was West Virginia, where 6.1 percent had. Heartshortcomings of their healthcare system are and
disease was nearly twice as high in people whofind a better plan for their region to strengthen
did not finish high school -- a 9.8 percent rate --heart disease prevention.
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