World Stroke Organization: GlobalStroke Fact Sheet 2025
Abstract
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.
Aims: The study was aimed to estimate global, regional and nationa burden of stroke and its risk factors from 1990 to 2021.
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.