stroke buckle

A popular term for 3 southern states—North and South Carolina and Georgia—with extremely high stroke mortality rates

stroke buckle

Epidemiology A popular term for 3 southern states–the Carolinas and Georgia, with an extremely high stroke mortality rate. See Stroke belt.
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The study found that people in the stroke buckle were 17 percent less likely to meet the recommendations than those in the rest of the country, the AAN said.
American 'stroke belt' fuelled by too much of fried fish

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