To figure out why these trends appeared, Ms. Allan and her team are looking at factors that may contribute to a higher risk of cardiac arrest, such as income and education. They discovered higher levels of education and higher incomes in a neighbourhood correlated with a lower risk of cardiac arrest. But they want to know what other factors could contribute to this trend and are currently looking at everything from ethnicity to the physical characteristics of a neighbourhood.
“We’re looking at walk-ability of a neighbourhood, how accessible a neighbourhood is, if there’s green space,” she said.
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