Hospital Admissions for Stroke Are Dropping

AHRQ News and Numbers

Release date: June 28, 2005

Hospital admissions for stroke decreased between 1997 and 2002, according to the latest data from the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

• Stroke fell from being the 7th most common reason for hospitalization to the 15th most common reason in 2002.
• Hospital admissions for stroke declined 12 percent between 1997 and 2002—from 638,000 admissions to 564,000 admissions.

Internet Citation:

Hospital Admissions for Stroke Are Dropping. AHRQ News and Numbers, June 28, 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/nn/nn062805.htm