Data came from the REGARDS study, a national random sample of the general population with more people selected from the stroke belt and about half black, half white. (sciencedaily.com)
«More people who live in the Southeastern area known as the stroke belt have stroke and die from stroke compared to those who live in the rest of the United States.» (sciencedaily.com)
«And this region — from Louisiana to North Carolina, including Tennessee — is known as the «stroke belt.» (sciencemag.org)