The burden of ischemic stroke remains high globally, particularly in high-middle and middle SDI regions and specific areas of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
The ASIR, ASDR, and age-standardized DALY rates remained high in high-middle and middle SDI regions. East Asia, southern sub-Saharan Africa, eastern sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia had the greatest burden of ischemic stroke.
Ding et al. (Wed,) studied this question.