The incidence of new cases of ischemic stroke and deaths from ischemic stroke worldwide has increased over the past 30 years. However, this is largely due to the ageing of the population, and the age-standardized incidence rate and age-standardized death rate have fallen, a new study shows. Egypt and China had the most pronounced increases in stroke rates, which went up 1.4% and 1.1%, respectively. Similar to the stroke occurrence rate, the rate of death from stroke decreased slightly over the 3 decades, or by 1.6%, but the overall numbers were high. The highest death rates were in Eastern Europe, with a rate of 100 per 100,000, Central Asia, at 79, and Central Europe, at 67.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 20, 2021 16:43 UTC