Stroke/Cerebrovascular
Disease
(Data
are for U.S. for year indicated)
Morbidity
Number
of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke:
5.6 million
Percent
of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke: 2.6 Source:
Summary Health
Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 1
and
2
Health
care use
Hospital
inpatient care
Number of discharges:
889,000
Average length of stay: 4.9 days
Source:
2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4
Home
health care
Number of current patients
with stroke as primary diagnosis: 99,400
Percent
of current patients with stroke as primary diagnosis: 7.3 Source: 2000
National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Table 12
Mortality
Number of
deaths: 143,579
Deaths per 100,000 population:
48.4
Cause of death rank: 3
Source:
Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table
C
More
data
Percent of adults who ever had a stroke by age, sex, and
race/ethnicity Summary
Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 2
Death
rates for cerebrovascular diseases by age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1950-2004
Health,
United States, 2007, Table 37
Cerebrovascular
disease deaths and death rates by State: 2005
Deaths: Final Data for
2005, Table 29
Health
Data Interactive
Related
links
National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Health Interview Survey
National
Home and Hospice Care Survey
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Hospital Discharge Survey
Mortality
data
National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
American
Heart Association
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December 17, 2008
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