Incidence of sudden cardiac arrest higher in Black people. IMAGE/iStockphoto
In a survey released on October 17, the Heart Rhythm Society, along with Ipsos Healthcare, reported that sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) claims 350,000 lives in the United States each year, at a rate of nearly 1,000 people per day. Despite the fact that sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, only 18 percent of African Americans were aware of the condition, compared with 24 percent of
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