Stroke among adults U.S. by region 2018

This statistic displays the percentage of adults in the U.S. who were told by a doctor they had a stroke as of 2018, by region. In that year, 3.4 percent of those in the South reported that they had a stroke, compared to 2.4 percent of those living in the Northeast.

Percentage of adults in the U.S. who were told by a doctor they had a stroke as of 2018, by region

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
Northeast	2.4%
Midwest	2.6%
South	3.4%
West	2.3%

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

base: 35,000 households

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

age-adjusted

Supplementary notes

In separate questions, respondents were asked if they had ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had: hypertension (or high blood pressure), coronary heart disease, angina (or angina pectoris), heart attack (or myocardial infarction), any other heart condition or disease not already mentioned, or a stroke.

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