Systemic racism is a public health crisis. Systemic racism and racial/ethnic injustice produce
racial/ethnic disparities in health care and health. Substantial racial/ethnic disparities in …

Background and Purpose—Evidence for ethnic disparities in stroke incidence, severity, and
mortality has continued to mount in recent years. However, the picture for disparities in acute …

Purpose—Our goal is to describe the effect of race and ethnicity on stroke epidemiology,
personal beliefs, access to care, response to treatment, and participation in clinical research …

We write this article amid a global pandemic and a heightened awareness of the underlying
structural racism in the United States, unmasked by the recent killing of George Floyd and …

Notable racial and ethnic differences and disparities exist in coronary artery disease (CAD)
and stroke epidemiology and outcomes despite substantial advances in these fields. Racial …

Stroke disproportionately affects racial minorities, and the level to which stroke treatment
practices differ across races is understudied. Here, we performed a systematic review of …

The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study is a
population-based national cohort study of 30 239 community-dwelling individuals aged≥ 45 …

Background and Purpose—At age 45 years, blacks have a stroke mortality≈ 3× greater than
their white counterparts, with a declining disparity at older ages. We assess whether this …

Background—Prior studies suggest differences in stroke care associated with race/ethnicity.
We sought to determine whether such differences existed in a population of black, Hispanic …

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in
the United States. Stroke incidence and prevalence is not uniform. It occurs more frequently …