Cerebrovascular Disease or Stroke

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Number of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke: 6.2 million
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who ever had a stroke: 2.7%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, tables 1, 2 [PDF - 1.3 MB]

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency department visits with stroke as primary diagnosis: 3.3 million (average annual, 2006-2007)

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 7 [PDF - 797 KB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with cerebrovascular disease as first-listed diagnosis: 971,000
• Average length of stay: 5.3 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Home health care

• Number of current patients with stroke as primary diagnosis: 44,800 (2007)
• Percent of current patients with stroke as primary diagnosis: 3.1% (2007)

Source: Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007, table 3 [PDF - 430 KB]

Hospice care

• Number of hospice care discharges with stroke as primary diagnosis: 45,100 (2007)
• Percent of hospice care discharges with stroke as primary diagnosis: 4.3% (2007)

Source: Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007, table 7 [PDF - 430 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 128,842
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 42.0
• Cause of death rank: 4

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10 [PDF - 2.1 MB]

 

More data

• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 106 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Death rates for cerebrovascular diseases by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2011, table 31 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 104 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 105 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Hospitalization for Stroke in U.S. Hospitals, 1989–2009
• Search Tables for Stroke in Health Data Interactive
• Years of potential life lost before age 75 for selected causes of death, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2011, table 25 [PDF - 9.8 MB]