Background: Low socioeconomic status is associated with poor cardiovascular health. We
evaluated the association between socioeconomic status and the incidence of sudden …

BACKGROUND: A potential effect of socioeconomic status on occurrence of sudden cardiac
arrest in the community is likely, but has not been evaluated fully. METHODS: All cases of …

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to heart disease, but its influence
on outcome from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is not well understood. Objectives …

Purpose Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major cause of death in the United
States. How individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) influences survival is uncertain …

Objective: To report cardiac arrest demographics and assess whether arrest rate is
associated with differences in intracity regional population densities, incomes, or race …

Background The objective of this study was to compare the temporal trends in good
neurologic outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) between communities with …

The influence of early-life socioeconomic position (SEP) on incident heart failure in blacks
and whites is unknown. The authors examined the relation between early-life SEP and …

Background: Gradients that link socioeconomic status and cardiovascular mortality have
been observed in many populations, including those of countries that provide publicly …

Importance Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with poor health outcomes.
However, whether socioeconomic factors are associated with post–myocardial infarction …

Aim In a prior study of seven North American cities Pittsburgh had the highest crude rate of
cardiac arrest deaths in patients 18 to 64 years of age, particularly in neighborhoods with …