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Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

Morbidity

Number of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke: 4.8 million (2002)

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke: 2.4 (2002)

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2002

Health care use

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges: 942,000 (2002)

Average length of stay: 5.3 days (2002)

Source:  2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey

Home health care

Number of current patients with stroke as primary diagnosis: 99,400 (2000)

Percent of current patients with stroke as primary diagnosis: 7.3 (2000)

Source:  National Home and Hospice Care Survey

Mortality

Number of deaths: 162,672 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 56.4 (2002)

Cause of death rank: 3 (2002)

Source:  Deaths: Final Data for 2002

Percent of hospital inpatient deaths from stroke/cerebrovascular disease: 7.2 (2001)

Source:  National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2001 Annual Summary with Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data

More data

Frequencies and percents of adults who ever had a stroke by age, sex, and race/ethnicity  Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2002, tables 1, 2

Death rates for cerebrovascular diseases by age, race, and sex, 1950-2000  Health, United States, 2003, table 37

Cerebrovascular disease deaths and death rates by State: 2002  Deaths: Final Data for 2002, table 29

Related links

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Health Interview Survey

This page last reviewed October 20, 2004