Stroke remains the second-leading cause of death and the third-leading cause of death and
disability combined (as expressed by disability-adjusted life-years lost–DALYs) in the world …

Methods The values contained in this Fact Sheet have all been extracted from the most
current Global Burden of Disease Stroke Statistics Worldwide for the year 2016 (http://ghdx …

Background: Global stroke epidemiology is changing rapidly. Although age-standardized
rates of stroke mortality have decreased worldwide in the past 2 decades, the absolute …

Attacking global health issues requires an understanding of the current status of diseases,
their risk factors and the best means for their prevention and treatment. However, global …

BackgroundRegularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Background Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no
comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability …

Background: Contemporary data on stroke epidemiology and the availability of national
stroke clinical registries are important for providing evidence to improve practice and support …

Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Executive summary Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. The burden of
disability after a stroke is also large, and is increasing at a faster pace in low-income and …

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 …