Mortality rates higher for heart disease patients in poorer British Columbia neighbourhoods

"Heart disease patients living in poorer areas of British Columbia, Canada, 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" - Science Centric