Worldwide Stroke Epidemiology

1 out of 6 people suffer some type of stroke throughout their lifetime [5].

In 2020, 7.08 million deaths were caused by cerebrovascular disease worldwide, in which 3.48 million deaths were a result of ischemic stroke, 3.25 million deaths from intracerebral hemorrhage, and 0.35 million deaths from subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Stroke highest mortality rates: Central, Southeast and East Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa.

Ischemic stroke highest mortality rates: Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Intracerebral hemorrhage highest mortality rates: Oceania, Western, Central and Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage highest mortality rates: Oceania, Andean Latin America and Central Asia [6].

 

Ischemic Stroke Epidemiology

About 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked.

Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Stroke reduces mobility in more than half of stroke survivors age 65 and older.

75% of stroke survivors have ongoing rehabilitation needs.

Stroke-related costs in the United States came to nearly $56.5 billion between 2018 and 2019 including health care services and medicines to stroke [7].