Stroke Hospitalization Rates, Blacks Ages 65+

Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2015 through 2017 for Blacks Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates - meaning the top quintile - are located primarily in eastern Texas, southeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Geographic Patterns: Stroke Hospitalization Rates for 2017 through 2019 for Blacks Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke hospitalization rates – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in eastern Texas, southeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire

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Page last reviewed: September 16, 2021

Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention