Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality, and worldwide burden: an ecological analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Table 5 Fractions of stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality, and DALYs lost in different age-groups and income levels in 2017

	LICs	LMICs	HMICs	HICs	Global
Incidence (%)
< 40 years	1.4	1.4	1	1.7	1.3
40–64 years	10.7	11	10.9	9.8	10.9
≥ 65 years	87.8	87.5	88.1	88.5	87.8
Prevalence (%)
< 40years	3.1	2.8	2	2.4	2.1
40–64 years	18.7	18.5	16	13.3	15.2
≥ 65 years	78.2	78.7	82	84.3	82.7
Mortality (%)
< 40 years	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5
40–64 years	4.4	3.9	2.7	1.5	3.4
≥ 65 years	94.8	95.6	97	98.3	96
DALYs (%)
< 40 years	6.3	4	2.5	2.6	4.4
40–64 years	15.4	14.8	11.1	8.4	13.2
≥ 65 years	78.2	81.2	86.4	88.9	82.4

DALYs disability-adjusted life years, HICs high-income countries, LICs low-income countries, LMICs lower-middle-income countries, UMICs upper-middle-income countries
Data were extracted from [8]

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