Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet Neurology

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Released today! The analysis within @IHME_UW (@GBD) on #stroke #prevalence and the RFs of stroke has just been published in @TheLancetNeuro! The annual number of strokes (12,2 mln) and #deaths (6,5 mln) due to stroke increased substantially in lat 30 yrs. https://t.co/DUi7SYGyjt pic.twitter.com/7rVcrxZzNF

— Maciej Banach (@maciejbanach) September 3, 2021

? This new #GBDstudy released on @TheLancet examines the #global, regional, and national burden of #stroke and its risk factors

Findings:
▫️The annual number of strokes ⬆️ from 1990-2019
▫️2nd cause of death globally
▫️High Risk factor = high body-mass https://t.co/jnZauEH79M

— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) September 3, 2021