Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Number of incident cases of stroke |
|---|---|
| Global | 13,676,761 |
| East Asia | 5,619,517 |
| South Asia | 1,528,321 |
| Western Europe | 1,036,438 |
| Eastern Europe | 962,562 |
| High-income North America | 812,285 |
| Southeast Asia | 811,510 |
| North Africa and Middle East | 586,080 |
| Central Europe | 467,197 |
| High-income Asia-Pacific | 448,853 |
| Tropical Latin America | 264,861 |
| Central Latin America | 210,120 |
| Western sub-Saharan Africa | 202,647 |
| Eastern sub-Saharan Africa | 192,119 |
| Central Asia | 141,713 |
| Southern Latin America | 95,250 |
| Caribbean | 63,459 |
| Central sub-Saharan Africa | 62,468 |
| Southern sub-Saharan Africa | 62,096 |
| Andean Latin America | 49,970 |
| Australasia | 46,733 |
| Oceania | 12,562 |
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Release date
March 2020
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2016
Supplementary notes
Incident strokes were defined as the occurrence of firstever stroke on the basis of a clinical diagnosis by a physician according to the WHO criteria.
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