About 795,000 Americans each year suffer a new or recurrent stroke. That means, on average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds.
Stroke kills about 140,000 people a year. That's about 1 of every 20 deaths. It's the number five cause of death behind diseases of the heart, cancer, accidents and chronic lower respiratory diseases.
On average, every four minutes someone dies of stroke.
About 40 percent of stroke deaths occur in males, and 60 percent in females.
The 2011 stroke death rates per 100,000 population for specific groups were 36.2 for white males, 36.2 for white females, 55.3 for black males and 47.0 for black females.
Americans paid about $33.6 billion in 2011 for stroke-related medical costs and disability
In Minnesota:
From 2012-2016, the stroke death rate was 26 percent higher in both African-Americans and Asians compared to whites. The lowest stroke death rates are in Hispanic men and women.
In 2016, approximately 2.5 percent of adults in Minnesota reported ever having had a stroke in their lifetime – over 100,000 people.
More than five percent of all deaths in Minnesota are due to stroke, making it the sixth-leading cause of death in the state.
In 2016, Minnesotans experienced more than 11,000 hospitalizations for acute stroke events.
In 2015, Minnesota was ranked 11th lowest for overall stroke mortality among states.
Minnesotans incurred $418 million in charges for inpatient hospitalizations due to stroke in 2013.
Information courtesy of the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association and the Minnesota Department of Health
