Andrews J O, Graham-Garcia J, Raines T L
School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2001 Apr;15(3):83-7. doi: 10.1097/00005082-200104000-00007.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) landmark document, Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality, identifies the relationship between geography, race, ethnicity, gender, and the determinants of mortality. Overwhelming evidence supports that African American women, especially those residing in the South, experience higher heart disease death rates than women of other ethnic, racial, and geographic origins. This publication presents a unique opportunity for health care providers to use derived county-specific data in education, research, and provision of health promotion and disease prevention services to all women.
心脏病是女性死亡的主要原因。美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）近期发布的具有里程碑意义的文件《女性与心脏病：死亡率的种族和民族差异地图集》，确定了地理、种族、民族、性别与死亡率决定因素之间的关系。大量证据表明，非裔美国女性，尤其是居住在南部的非裔美国女性，心脏病死亡率高于其他种族、民族和地理区域的女性。本出版物为医疗保健提供者提供了一个独特的机会，使其能够利用各县特定数据，为所有女性开展教育、研究以及提供健康促进和疾病预防服务。
