We have a problem

No one knows why Oregon's stroke mortality rate is so high

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
June 2, 2005

Traditionally, stroke has taken a higher toll in the southeast region of the United States. Nicknamed the "stroke belt," these states traditionally had mortality rates 40 percent higher than the national average.

But in recent years, two Western "satellites" to the belt have....

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