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JAMA. 2007;298:279-281.

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MMWR. 2007;56:469-474

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Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the United States.¹ Stroke also results in substantial health-care expenditures; the mean lifetime cost resulting from an ischemic stroke is estimated at $140,000 per patient.¹ Nationwide, costs related to stroke are expected to reach an estimated $62.7 billion in 2007.¹ Stroke death rates are higher in the southeastern United States, compared with other regions of the country; blacks, American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), Asians/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics die from stroke at younger ages than whites.^1-3 Regional and national data on self-reported stroke prevalence have been published previously^{1, 4}; however, state-specific prevalence data for persons with a history of stroke have not. To provide national-level stroke prevalence estimates by age group, sex, race/ethnicity, and education level and overall prevalence estimates for each of the 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the District of Columbia . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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