
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 10, 1993                   TAG: 9306090345
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
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STROKES MORE COMMON IN SOUTHERN STATES

A dozen states, mostly in the South, have been tagged as the nation's "stroke belt," where people are more likely to suffer conditions that cut off blood to the brain.

Studies by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., show the incidence of strokes in 11 Southern states and Indiana to be 10 percent above the national average.

The National Stroke Association in Englewood, Colo., has begun a campaign to help hospitals better recognize and treat stroke patients and target those at high risk.

The campaign is being aimed initially at states in the stroke belt - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. - Knight-Ridder/Tribune

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