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From: https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/data-research/facts-stats/index.html

Stroke Facts

WHAT TO KNOW

  • Stroke risk increases with age, but strokes can—and do—occur at any age.
  • Early action is important for stroke.
  • Stroke statistics vary by race and ethnicity.
Stroke Death Rates for 2018 through 2020 for Adults Aged 35 Years and Older by County.

Fast facts

  • In 2021, 1 in 6 deaths from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke.
  • The death rate for stroke increased from 38.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 41.1 per 100,000 in 2021.
  • Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Every 3 minutes and 14 seconds, someone dies of stroke.
  • Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke.
  • About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes.
  • About 185,000 strokes—nearly 1 in 4—are in people who have had a previous stroke.
  • About 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked.
  • Stroke-related costs in the United States came to nearly $56.5 billion between 2018 and 2019.
  • Costs include the cost of health care services, medicines to treat stroke, and missed days of work.
  • Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability.
  • Stroke reduces mobility in more than half of stroke survivors age 65 and older.
  • Long-term rehabilitation for Speech, Swallowing, Occupational and Physical therapies. The Care can be costly for unlicensed aides.

Most common are bilateral (internal carotid or middle cerebral artery) and the less common is the basilar artery, see picture below showing the circle of Willis.










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    Stroke statistics by race and ethnicity

    • Stroke is a leading cause of death for Americans.
    • The risk of having a stroke varies with race and ethnicity.
    • Risk of having a first stroke is nearly twice as high for non-Hispanic Black adults as for White adults.
    • Non-Hispanic Black adults and Pacific Islander adults have the highest rates of death from stroke.

    Stroke risk varies by age

    • Stroke risk increases with age, but strokes can—and do—occur at any age.
    • In 2014, 38% of people hospitalized for stroke were less than 65 years old.

    Additional Reading: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/STR.0000000000000375

    “2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke
    in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic
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    Published: July 9, 2024

    Following a stroke, pain is common but can be managed

    By Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News