MedPage Today June 6, 2025
Researchers urge expanded hypertension screening, environmental policies
Key Takeaways
- This analysis counted over 93.8 million strokes worldwide in 2021, with over 7.25 million related deaths.
- Blood pressure control and environmental policy improvements were projected to reduce the burden of stroke.
- Researchers urged preventive measures that focus on poorer areas, older individuals, and men.
Though stroke mortality has decreased over the last few decades, there is still room for improvement, researchers said.
Using global data on stroke mortality and risk factors as recent as 2021, age-standardized death rates were estimated for three major stroke subtypes:
- Ischemic stroke (IS): 44.18 per 100,000 people
- Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH): 39.09 per 100,000 people
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH): 4.18 per 100,000 people
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