title: Reasons underlying racial differences in stroke incidence and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue S., Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA. vjhoward@uab.edu
authors.forename: Virginia J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: African Americans, statistics and numeric data; health status disparities; incidence; risk factors; stroke prevention and control; stroke, epidemiology; stroke, mortality