Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports About Stroke

MMWR is a weekly scientific publication from CDC that reports public health information and recommendations for the United States.

The following stroke articles appeared in past issues of MMWR. You can also use CDC’s advanced search feature to find additional articles.

2013

• Vital Signs: Avoidable Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Hypertensive Disease—United States, 2001–2010
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension—United States, 2003–2010
• Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas—United States, 2010

2012

• CDC Grand Rounds: The Million Hearts® Initiative
• Prevalence of Stroke—United States, 2006–2010
• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Stroke for Persons Aged ≥18 Years—United States, 2007–2009
• QuickStats: Rate of Hospitalization for Stroke, by Sex and Age Group—National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 2010
• Recommended Use of Aspirin and Other Antiplatelet Medications Among Adults—National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2005–2008

2011

• Fifty Years of Progress in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control
• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rate from Stroke, by All Races, White or Black Race, and Sex—United States, 1999-2008
• Use of a Registry to Improve Acute Stroke Care—Seven States, 2005−2009

2009

• Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry Surveillance—Four States, 2005–2007

2008

• Awareness of Stroke Warning Symptoms—13 States and the District of Columbia, 2005

2007

• Outpatient Rehabilitation Among Stroke Survivors—21 States and the District of Columbia, 2005
• Prehospital and Hospital Delays After Stroke Onset—United States, 2005–2006

2005

• Disparities in Deaths from Stroke Among Persons Aged ≤75 Years—United States, 2002
• Differences in Disability Among Black and White Stroke Survivors—United States, 2000–2001
• Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke—United States, 2003
• Regional and Racial Differences in Prevalence of Stroke—23 States and District of Columbia, 2003