Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) lead to 17.5
million deaths worldwide per year. Taking into account population ageing, CVD death rates …

Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the United States. Stroke also results in
substantial health-care expenditures; the mean lifetime cost resulting from an ischemic …

Methods Throughout this article, we present statistics from a number of data sources chosen
with consideration of data quality, date of most recent update, and coverage of the European …

Importance Heart disease (HD) and cancer are the 2 leading causes of death in the United
States. During the first decade of the 21st century, HD mortality declined at a much greater …

Stroke is the fourth killer and number one cause of adult disability in the United States. The
estimated direct and indirect costs of stroke care in this country are $68.9 billion for 2009 …

This document details the procedures and recommendations of the Goals and Metrics
Committee of the Strategic Planning Task Force of the American Heart Association, which …

Background and Purpose—Stroke is a leading cause of disability, cognitive impairment, and
death in the United States and accounts for 1.7% of national health expenditures. Because …

In many countries, stroke is a lower priority than other diseases despite its public health
impact. One issue is a lack of readily accessible comparative data to help make the case for …

Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality rates declined for much of the second half of the
20th century, but recent trends and their relation to other organ-and disease-specific causes …