Although age-standardized stroke mortality rates have increased in some areas, during the past 3 decades age-standardized stroke burden rates have declined worldwide. Across the last 3 decades, ...

A retrospective study shows a synergistic interaction between Parkinson disease and stroke, leading to increased long-term mortality risk.

In young adult patients with infective endocarditis, age-adjusted mortality rates for stroke-related mortality have significantly increased in the past 2 decades. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) ...

Overall deaths due to ischemic stroke have increased in several categories, especially in nonmetropolitan and minority populations, and at-home deaths due to ischemic stroke increased by 21% between ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the country, according to health officials. “Every stroke victim is someone’s loved one,” said Dr. Sean Duke, ...

Stroke mortality rates are projected to increase dramatically over the next few decades, with global deaths potentially rising by half their current number by mid-century. This troubling forecast, ...

Age-adjusted death rates for ischemic strokes classified by race. 1999-2020. The graph shows the trends in age-adjusted death rates per 100,000 people for Asian/Pacific Islander (blue), Black/African ...

A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities ...

Between 2000 and 2011, researchers found the national heart-related mortality rate declined at an average of 3.7 percent per year, while stroke mortality declined at 4.5 percent per year. During this ...

ESCAPE is the first study to show that the overall stroke mortality rate was reduced by 50 percent with neurointerventional surgery, from two in 10 patients for standard-of-care treatment to one in 10 ...