World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022
Auckland University of Technology · Universität für Weiterbildung Krems · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Stroke remains the second-leading cause of death and the third-leading cause of death and disability combined (as expressed by disability-adjusted life-years lost - DALYs) in the world. The estimated global cost of stroke is over US$721 billion (0.66% of the global GDP). From 1990 to 2019, the burden (in terms of the absolute number of cases) increased substantially (70.0% increase in incident strokes, 43.0% deaths from stroke, 102.0% prevalent strokes, and 143.0% DALYs), with the bulk of the global stroke burden (86.0% of deaths and 89.0% of DALYs) residing in lower-income and lower-middle-income countries (LMIC). This World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022 provides the most updated…
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- 399.78
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- 100%
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Authors
9- VLValery L. FeiginCorresponding
Auckland University of Technology
- MBMichael Brainin
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
- BNBo Norrving
Lund University, Skåne University Hospital
- SCSheila Cristina Ouriques Martins
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
- RLRalph L. Sacco
University of Miami
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Stroke (engine)
- Burden of disease
- Global health
- Cause of death
- Disease burden
- Low and middle income countries
- Quality-adjusted life year