Mortality Rates Higher for Heart Disease Patients in Poorer B.C. Neighborhoods
Posted on: Friday, 9 January 2009, 08:51 CST
Heart disease patients living in poorer areas of B.C. are up to twice as likely to die from chronic diseases than patients living in better-off areas, a University of British Columbia study has found.The research, released this week in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE, found coronary-artery disease patients living in lower socioeconomic neighbourhoods are more vulnerable to death from chronic disease, particularly cancer.
“Even in a country with universal healthcare services, a neighbourhood’s socioeconomic status can have a dramatic impact on life expectancy for patients with heart disease,” said study co-author Claire Heslop, a MD/PhD student in UBC's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
This trend may reflect the higher overall stress experienced by patients in low socioeconomic areas, the researchers explain in the Jan . 7 issue of the open access science journal. Heslop and UBC Prof. John Hill collaborated with Greg Miller, a researcher in UBC’s Department of Psychology, for the study.
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