Epidemiology of ischemic stroke in China and the United States
Xue Ren, Zixuan Lu, Jiaohua Chen, Jiening Wang · 2026
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Ren and colleagues set side by side in 2026 three decades of ischemic stroke data for China and the United States. Ischemic stroke, the kind from a blocked brain vessel, is a top cause of death and lost function in both lands. They drew counts from the Global Burden of Disease bank for 1990 to 2023. Trends were split by age and birth group, and the team cast counts ahead to the year 2035.
The two lands part ways. China's new case rate by age ticked up, while death rates by age fell by more than half. In the United States, rates by age fell across new cases, deaths, and lost years. Rates of living with past stroke rose in both. Raw case loads will still swell by 2035 in both lands, as crowds age. The authors urge more stroke proofing and care funds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xue Ren, Zixuan Lu, Jiaohua Chen, Jiening Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 76 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |