congestive heart failure, is a chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body to meet its needs.
The condition is irreversible, although there are treatments that can help people live longer, more active lives. About 5.7 million people in the U.S.
have heart failure, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.A new study suggests that the risk of dying from the condition is not spread evenly across the country, but that mortality rates are higher in poorer, more socially deprived areas.Researchers at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, OH, analyzed 1,254,991 deaths from heart failure across 3,048 counties between 1999 and 2018.They used two standard indices of social.