The Heart Disease Gap Is Widening

The richest 20% of Americans are ‘pulling away’ on health from the poorest 80%

Alexandra Sifferlin
Elemental
Published in
3 min readSep 25, 2020

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A new study published today in the journal JAMA Network Open reveals startling and widening disparities in cardiovascular disease prevalence among the richest and poorest Americans. Overall, the burden of heart disease is much lower among the richest 20% of Americans compared…

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Alexandra Sifferlin
Elemental

Health and science journalist. Former editor of Medium’s Covid-19 Blog and deputy editor at Elemental. TIME Magazine writer before that