The Stroke Death Rate in the United States
The stroke death rate in the United States has increased in recent years according to a report.
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the death rate from stroke in the United States has risen over the past 10 years.
As such, middle-aged Americans are more likely to die from stroke compared to other decades.
After at least a decade of decline, the stroke death rate among people aged 45 to 64 years began to rise in 2012.
By 2019, the stroke death rate in this age group had increased 7% from seven years earlier, and jumped another 12% in the early years of the covid-19 pandemic.
U.S. stroke mortality rates in this age group declined slightly in 2022, but remained significantly higher than before the pandemic.
According to the new report, more than 19,700 people aged 45-64 years died of stroke in 2022, or about 24 deaths per 100,000 people in this age group.
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The Stroke Death Rate in the United States
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. overall, with most strokes affecting people aged 65 years and older.
Previous research has found that covid-19 infection increases the risk of stroke in people of all ages.
But the long-term increase in stroke death rates among middle-aged people contrasts with the downward trend seen among older people and the elderly over the past decade, says Sally Curtain, a statistician at CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and author of the new report.
In addition, racial and ethnic disparities in stroke mortality rates are much greater among middle-aged adults than among the elderly, she notes.
Among those 65 and older, the stroke mortality rate among blacks was 24% higher than among white seniors; among those aged 45 to 64, it was 133% higher among blacks than among whites.
Middle-aged men are more likely to die from stroke than middle-aged women, and stroke death rates are higher in the South than in any other region, according to the new report.
In 2022, there were about 66 stroke deaths per 100,000 middle-aged black men living in the South, nearly three times the overall rate for this age group.
But it is crucial that people who have a stroke act quickly and have equitable access to health care and treatment, experts say.
