” In 2022, stroke accounted for approximately 1 of every 20 deaths in the United States.
• On average in 2022, someone died of stroke every 3 minutes 11 seconds in the United
States.
• Stroke caused 165 393 deaths in the United States in 2022.
• In 2022, the age-adjusted US stroke death rate as an underlying cause of death was 39.5
per 100 000, an increase of 7.0% from 36.9 per 100 000 in 2012, and the actual number
of stroke deaths increased 28.7% during the same time period.
• In 2021, there were 7.25 million deaths attributable to stroke worldwide (3.59 million
deaths from ischemic stroke, 3.31 million deaths from intracerebral hemorrhage, and
0.35 million from subarachnoid hemorrhage).
• Age-standardized mortality due to stroke amongst regions was highest for Oceania and
southeast Asia. Rates were lowest for Australasia and western Europe. Age-standardized
mortality due to ischemic stroke amongst regions was highest for eastern Europe,
followed by north Africa and the Middle East and central Asia. Mortality was lowest for
Australasia. Amongst regions, intracerebral hemorrhage mortality was highest for
Oceania, followed by southeast and east Asia and central and eastern sub-Saharan
Africa. Amongst regions, mortality estimated for subarachnoid hemorrhage was highest
for Oceania followed by southeast Asia and Andean Latin America.”

American Heart Association (American Stroke Month | American Stroke Association)