title: The Black heart in southern Africa--a geographical view of the future.
abstract: The dearth of geographical analyses of heart conditions among the Blacks of southern Africa is contrasted with the well-defined patterns in several countries. By analogy with studies of cancer among Blacks it is argued that similar-order spatial variations of heart-related morbidity are likely to exist, and that knowledge of them is essential in planning services for a health problem of growing urgency.
mesh_terms: D000353:Africa, Southern; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People