First-Ever County Level Report on Stroke Hospitalizations

by Barbara Kram, Editor | April 01, 2008

For all types of strokes, including those caused by a blockage to a blood vessel in the brain, and those caused by a ruptured blood vessel, the maps show that counties with the highest rates are located primarily in the southeastern states, including Alabama and Louisiana. Among people hospitalized for stroke, Medicare beneficiaries in the southeastern states were also most likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure or diabetes ? both risk factors for stroke.

"This atlas is a great tool for health professionals at the local, state, and national levels as they design and implement programs to eliminate geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in stroke hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries,' said Darwin Labarthe, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., director, CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.

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Copies of the atlas are available free from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, N.E., Mail Stop K-47, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724 or by calling 1-888-232-2306. An interactive version of the atlas is available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh2. To download sections of the atlas, visit www.cdc.gov/dhdsp.

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