Why heart disease is deadlier in African women in US

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, but it is even more deadly in women of African descent. According to the American Heart Association, over 50 percent of Black women have some form of cardiovascular disease in the United States, and they are dying at younger ages than white women.
For just being in the United States, which has a vastly advanced healthcare system with state of the art diagnostic, treatment and health management technology and facilities, it would be assumed that African women should have better heart health indices. The data, however, paints a different picture.
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Half of the women with the disease are ages 20 and upward. Ho...