Decline in US Stroke Mortality

Decline in US stroke mortality. Demographic trends and antihypertensive treatment.

Stroke mortality has been falling rapidly in this country since 1973. To investigate age-race-sex effects on stroke mortality, we studied US vital statistics during 1950-1972 and 1973-1981 in 55-64-, 65-74-, and 75-84-year-old race-sex groups. The accelerated rate of decline in stroke mortality since 1973 has had a substantial public health impact, with greater than 200,000 fewer stroke deaths ...

Decline in US stroke mortality in the era before antihypertensive therapy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was done to determine if reported declines in stroke mortality in the era before antihypertensive therapy are artifactual. METHODS This study involved analyses of national and state vital statistics data using adjusted and specific rates. RESULTS Adoption of the third revision of the International List of Causes of Death in 1921 produced an abrupt 6.6% decr...

Decline in US stroke mortality: an analysis of temporal patterns by sex, race, and geographic region.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although stroke mortality rates have declined rapidly over the past 30 years, the decline has slowed to a plateau. Here, we assess whether the race-sex-region groups have participated equally in this decline and whether there are groups in which stroke mortality rates are still declining, and we predict how these rates will eventually differ. METHODS Data on stroke mort...

Sex Differences in US Mortality Rates for Stroke and Stroke

Background and Purpose—Ischemic stroke accounts for 70% to 80% of all strokes, but intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhagic strokes have greater fatality. Age-standardized death rates from overall stroke are higher among men than women, but little is known about sex differences in stroke subtype mortality by race/ethnicity. Methods—We analyzed 1995 to 1998 national death certificate data to c...

Understanding the remarkable decline in stroke mortality in recent decades.