Epidemiology and trends in stroke mortality in the USA, 1975-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether changes in stroke mortality are affected by age distribution and birth cohorts, and if the decline in stroke mortality exhibits heterogeneity by stroke type, remains uncertain.

Methods

We undertook a sequential time series analysis to examine stroke mortality trends in the USA among people aged 18-84 years between 1975 and 2019 (n = 4 332 220). Trends were examined for overall stroke and by ischaemic and haemorrhagic subtypes. Mortality data were extracted from the US death files, and age-sex population data were extracted from US census. Age-standardized stroke mortality rates and incidence rate ratio (IRR) with 95% confidence interval [CI] were derived from Poisson regression models.

Results

Age-standardized stroke mortality declined for females f

SUBMITTER: Ananth CV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10244057 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature