Bystander CPR less likely for black kids in poorest neighborhoods

African-American kids from the most disadvantaged areas are about half as likely to receive emergency bystander CPR following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than white children in disadvantaged or more prosperous neighborhoods. Targeted CPR training for non-white majority, lower education and low-income neighborhoods may increase bystander CPR rates.

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