Introduction: The prominent decline in US stroke death rates observed for more than 4
decades has slowed in recent years. CDC examined trends and patterns in recent stroke …

Background Whether changes in stroke mortality are affected by age distribution and birth
cohorts, and if the decline in stroke mortality exhibits heterogeneity by stroke type, remains …

Cardiovascular diseases and stroke remain major threats to the public health of every nation
and are expected to increase over the next 10 years. Many of the key metrics in the 2010 …

Background and Purpose Stroke registers were established as part of the international
collaborative World Health Organization Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in …

Background The lifetime risk of stroke has been calculated in a limited number of selected
populations. We sought to estimate the lifetime risk of stroke at the regional, country, and …

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 …

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 …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are
the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews …

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 …

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States since 1921, and
stroke has been the third leading cause since 1938; together they account for approximately …