World Stroke Organization: Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025

BACKGROUND: Among non-communicable disorders (NCDs), stroke remains the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of death and disability combined (as expressed by disability-adjusted life-years lost-DALYs) in the world. Stroke attributable to metabolic risks constituted 69.0% of all strokes, environmental risks constituted 37.0%, and behavioral risks constituted 35.0%.

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• 1 AIMS: The study was aimed to estimate global, regional and nationa burden of stroke and its risk factors from 1990 to 2021.
• 2 METHODS: Finding presented in this paper were derived mainly from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study on stroke burden published in The Lancet Neurology 2024:23:973-1003.
• 3 RESULTS: The estimated global cost of stroke is over US$890 billion (0.66% of the global GDP).

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