The Northeast may be the safest place in the country to have a heart attack or chest pain, according to a new study. Researchers found the risk of death after chest pain or heart attack is lowest in the Northeast compared with other regions in the U.S. The study found the overall death rate after heart attack or chest pain was highest in the Midwest (4.6%) and lowest in the Northeast (3.5%). But researchers say the variation can’t be immediately explained by differences in drug use or other treatments.
