World Stroke Organization: Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025

Valery L Feigin; Michael Brainin; Bo Norrving; Sheila O Martins; Jeyaraj Pandian; Patrice Lindsay; Maria F Grupper; Ilari Rautalin

doi:10.1177/17474930241308142

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World Stroke Organization: Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025

Valery L Feigin Michael Brainin

Bo Norrving Sheila O Martins Jeyaraj Pandian

Patrice Lindsay

Maria F Grupper Ilari Rautalin

International Journal of Stroke Vol. 20 No. 2 pp. 132-144 · SAGE Publications

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Abstract

Background: Among non-communicable disorders (NCDs), stroke remains the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of death and disability combined (as expressed by disability-adjusted life-years lost—DALYs) in the world. Aims: The study was aimed to estimate global, regional and nationa burden of stroke and its risk factors from 1990 to 2021. Methods: Finding presented in this paper were derived mainly from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study on stroke burden published in The Lancet Neurology 2024:23:973-1003. Results: The estimated global cost of stroke is over US$890 billion (0.66% of the global GDP). From 1990 to 2021, the burden (in terms of the absolute number of cases) increased substantially (70.0% increase in incident strokes, 44.0% deaths from stroke, 86.0% prevalent strokes, and 32% DALYs), with the bulk of the global stroke burden (87.0% of deaths and 89.0% of DALYs) residing in lower-income and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Stroke attributable to metabolic risks constituted 69.0% of all strokes, environmental risks constituted 37.0%, and behavioral risks constituted 35.0%. Conclusion: This World Stroke Organization (WSO) Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025 provides the most updated information that can be used to inform communication with all internal and external stakeholders; all statistics have been reviewed and approved for use by the WSO Executive Committee and leaders from the Global Burden of Disease research group.

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Published: Jan 03, 2025
Vol/Issue: 20(2)
Pages: 132-144
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Authors

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Valery L Feigin

National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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Michael Brainin

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria

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Bo Norrving

Section of Neurology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

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Sheila O Martins

Department of Neurology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Jeyaraj Pandian

Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Ludhiana, India

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Patrice Lindsay

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Maria F Grupper

World Stroke Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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Ilari Rautalin

National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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Valery L Feigin, Michael Brainin, Bo Norrving, et al. (2025). World Stroke Organization: Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025. International Journal of Stroke, 20(2), 132-144. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930241308142

World Stroke Organization: Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025

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