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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Neurol. 2023 Oct 9;22(12):1160–1206. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00277-6

Table 1:

Estimates of the global stroke burden, 2020 and 2050, by World Bank income group

Deaths per 100 000 person-years (95% UI) Millions of deaths (95% UI) DALYS per 100 000 person-years (95% UI) Millions of DALYs (95% UI)
2020 2050 2020 2050 2020 2050 2020 2050
Global
Overall 84·89 (77·14–91·57) 105·18 (87·28–125·75) 6·62 (6·02–7·14) 9·72 (8·07–11·62) 1856·63 (1716·88–2010·86) 2048·32 (1750·41–2432·64) 144·84 (133·94–156·88) 189·36 (161·82–224·88)
Overall (age-standardised) 83·00 (75·32–89·61) 54·31 (44·39–66·34) ·· ·· 1747·70 (1612·34–1892·47) 1229·16 (1029·90–1477·44) ·· ··
<60 years* 13·31 (12·10–14·47) 9·93 (7·16–13·65) 1·00 (0·91–1·09) 0·98 (0·71–1·34) 700·94 (638·28–767·75) 649·85 (511·34–825·96) 47·24 (43·01–51·54) 46·40 (36·51–58·98)
≥60 years* 565·65 (508·59–613·37) 361·69 (299·07–431·89) 5·62 (5·08–6·09) 8·75 (7·29–10·37) 9184·71 (8392·76–9959·58) 6795·05 (5890·94–7887·75) 97·61 (89·20–105·85) 142·95 (123·93–165·94)
High-income countries
Overall 75·97 (64·96–83·79) 73·80 (60·26–85·93) 0·92 (0·79–1·02) 0·91 (0·74–1·06) 1316·64 (1181·93–1435·60) 1260·12 (1075·75–1438·24) 15·95 (14·32–17·39) 15·56 (13·28–17·76)
Overall (age-standardised) 33·65 (29·10–36·88) 18·86 (15·71–22·24) ·· ·· 699·00 (629·87–761·14) 488·27 (415·02–570·08) ·· ··
<60 years* 4·20 (3·92–4·48) 3·15 (2·46–4·13) 0·06 (0·05–0·06) 0·04 (0·03–0·05) 248·23 (224·59–275·23) 200·28 (166·50–245·64) 3·22 (2·93–3·55) 2·43 (2·04–2·97)
≥60 years* 237·65 (203·36–262·05 127·68 (104·70–148·94) 0·86 (0·73–0·95) 0·87 (0·71–1·01) 3820·45 (3413·56–4172·29) 2482·53 (2125·54–2827·26) 12·74 (11·27–13·95) 13·12 (11·18–14·84)
Low-income and middle-income countries
Overall 86·50 (78·04 –93·82) 109·95 (90·71–132·50) 5·70 (5·14–6·18) 8·81 (7·27–10·61) 1954·66 (1798·69–2120·66) 2168·44 (1832·77–2593·39) 128·81 (118·53–139·75) 173·68 (146·80–207·72)
Overall (age-standardised) 105·82 (95·25–115·00) 64·00 (52·48–77·90) ·· ·· 2131·91 (1964·62–2315·49) 1391·95 (1161·26–1678·44) ·· ··
<60 years* 15·37 (13·89–16·78) 10·95 (7·88–15·15) 0·94 (0·85–1·03) 0·93 (0·67–1·29) 754·92 (684·66–824·59) 533·28 (414·75–682·72) 43·98 (39·89–48·04) 43·93 (34·29–56·03)
≥60 years* 732·10 (658·72–798·25) 431·31 (358·28–514·82) 4·76 (4·28–5·18) 7·87 (6·53–9·37) 11 896·98 (10 830·18–12 957·13) 7337·88 (6301·95–8588·15) 84·83 (77·36–92·39) 129·75 (111·89–151·42)

Global stroke deaths and DALYs (both absolute counts and rates per 100 000 person-years) are shown. DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years. 95% UI=95% uncertainty interval.

*

Rates per 100 000 person-years are age-standardised, whereas absolute counts are not.