African Americans Richard F. Gillum, Objectives. The goal of this study was to estimate rates of sudden cardiac death in US Hispanics and African Americans. Data on coronary deaths occurring outside of the hospital or in emergency rooms were examined for 1992. The percentage was lower among Hispanics than among non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. The percentages dying outside of the hospital or in emergency rooms were higher in young persons, those living in nonurban areas, and those who were single.
Further research is needed.
The risk for a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy was approximately twice as high among women of Mexican descent than among White women. The higher risk among Mexico-born Mexican women was not attributable to differences in numerous studied parental characteristics and exposures. The Effects of Occupation-Based Social Position on Mortality in a Large American Cohort David I. Gregorio, Stephen J. Walsh, ScD, and Deborah Paturzo, MS Objectives. The Slope Index of Inequality described average change in death rates. Risk of death was consistently elevated among persons at lower positions in the social hierarchy.