Stroke Death Rates, Total Population Age 65+

Geographic Patterns: Stroke Death Rates for 2018 through 2020 for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in the Southeast, with heavy concentrations of high-rate counties in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Delaware, Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada, Oregon, Kansas, California, and Alaska.

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