Importance Prior studies have shown decreases in stroke mortality over time, but data on
validated stroke incidence and long-term trends by race are limited. Objective To study …

Heart Disease and Stroke—Continued Heart disease has been the leading cause of death
in the United States since 1921, and stroke has been the third leading cause since 1938 (1); …

The clinical application of the emerging troponin assays with increased analytic precision
continues to be a challenging field, not only in its nomenclature but also in its clinical …

This narrative overview of stroke epidemiology shows dramatic changes in stroke incidence,
prevalence, mortality, disability, and the understanding of risk factors and primary stroke …

Background and Purpose—Mortality from stroke has been declining over recent decades in
most countries, except in Eastern Europe. In this analysis, based on the World Health …

Background and Purpose—Stroke recently declined from the third to the fourth leading
cause of death in the United States, its first rank transition among sources of American …

Importance Heart disease (HD) and cancer are the 2 leading causes of death in the United
States. During the first decade of the 21st century, HD mortality declined at a much greater …

Although the title may seem as stating the obvious, the case has been far from that for the
last six decades; if someone anywhere in the world had a stroke or a TIA, the WHO coding …

Abstract Purpose of Review: This article presents current knowledge on stroke
epidemiology. It covers recent data on the global burden of stroke, disparities, silent stroke …