Background Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide and the
economic costs of treatment and post-stroke care are substantial. The Global Burden of …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide and the
economic costs of treatment and post-stroke care are substantial. The Global Burden of …

Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

BackgroundRegularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Background Up-to-date estimates of stroke burden and attributable risks and their trends at
global, regional, and national levels are essential for evidence-based health care …

Background Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no
comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability …

Background and Objectives To the best of our knowledge, no comprehensive update of the
descriptive epidemiology and trends of ischemic stroke has been released since Global …

Background The burden of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke varies between regions and
over time. With differences in prognosis, prevalence of risk factors, and treatment strategies …

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability-
adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. 1, 2 Moreover, the global burden of stroke is …