Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, and epidemiological trends has been estimated for most regions. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010) to estimate the global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010.We searched Medline, Embase, LILACS, Scopus, PubMed, Science...