Surviving Cardiac Arrest Depends on Your Location
Study found death rate up to three times higher in poorer neighborhoods
A person's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest depend largely on the neighborhood in which they collapse, a new study suggests.Researchers found that people who suffer from cardiac arrest in some neighborhoods of Fulton County in Georgia -- which is home to the city of Atlanta -- are up to three times more likely to die than in other neighborhoods. They're also less likely to have bystanders perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on them.
The neighborhoods with the highest cardiac arrest death rates tended to be poorer and less educated, with more black residents, the study authors noted in their report in the June issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.