In separate questions, respondents were asked if they had ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had: hypertension (or high blood pressure), coronary heart disease, angina
(or angina pectoris), heart attack (or myocardial infarction), any other heart condition or disease not already mentioned, or a stroke.
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Share of U.S. adults who have had a stroke as of 2018, by region
This statistic displays the percentage of adults in the U.S. who were told by a doctor they had a stroke as of 2018, by region. In that year, 3.4 percent of those in the South reported that they had a stroke, compared to 2.4 percent of those living in the Northeast.
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CDC. "Percentage of Adults in The U.S. Who Were Told by a Doctor They Had a Stroke as of 2018, by Region." ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc., 5 Nov 2019, /statistics/787381/stroke-among-us-adults-by-region/
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Percentage of adults in the U.S. who were told by a doctor they had a stroke as of 2018, by region [Graph], CDC, November 5, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/787381/stroke-among-us-adults-by-region/