Stroke Death Rates, Whites Ages 35+
Geographic Patterns: Stroke Death Rates for 2018 through 2020 for Whites Aged 35 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in the Southeast, with heavy concentrations of high-rate counties in Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida and Texas. Pockets of high-rate counties also are found in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, California, Oregon, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia.
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