Purpose To provide an up-to-date estimate on the changing prevalence of stroke survivors,
and examines the geographic and socioeconomic variations in low and middle-income …

Background and Purpose—Population-based studies provide the most reliable data on
stroke incidence. A previous systematic review of population-based studies suggested that …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death in Asia; however, many estimates of stroke
mortality are based on epidemiological models rather than empirical data. Since 2005 …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. The best estimates
of local, national, and global burden of stroke are derived from prospective population …

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability
worldwide. Though the burden of stroke worldwide seems to have declined in the past three …

Background: Contemporary data on stroke epidemiology and the availability of national
stroke clinical registries are important for providing evidence to improve practice and support …

Background: Stroke is a major global cause of death and disability. Most strokes occur in
populations of low-middle-income country (LMIC); therefore, the subsequent disease burden …

Background: Stroke is the second largest single cause of death and disability in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC). There have been large overall declines in stroke …

OBJECTIVE Strokes affect almost 13 million new people each year, and whereas the
outcomes of stroke have improved over the past several decades in high-income countries …

Stroke is a recurrent and well-known cardiovascular event and a leading cause of death
worldwide. We identified reliable epidemiological evidence of stroke in Latin America and …