Trends in Dementia Associated Mortality among Patients with Underlying Stroke: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis (1999-2023).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dementia contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality associated with stroke, which has been a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. We aim to determine the stroke mortality trends in the older population with dementia in the U.S from 1999 to 2023.

Methods

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database was utilized to analyze the death records of older patients (aged ≥ 65 years) listing stroke as the underlying cause and dementia as the contributing cause of death. Age-adjusted mortality rates were computed per 100,000 population, and their variations over time were estimated as annual percent changes (APC).

Results

A total of 259,607 deaths occurred from stroke in

SUBMITTER: Hassan ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715058 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature