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Study reveals increased inequality in stroke deaths across Europe and central Asia

13 April 2011

There is growing inequality between different countries in Europe and central Asia in the proportion of people who die from stroke, according to a study published online today in the European Heart Journal.

Read the paper: Stroke mortality and trends from 1990 to 2006 in 39 countries from Europe and Central Asia: implications for control of high blood pressure

Published in European Heart Journal, Advance Access, 12 April 2011.

Read the press release here.