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. 2021 May 12;4(5):e214488. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4488

Table 2. Between-County Disparities in Mortality Due to Stroke and by Place of Death and Subtype in US Residents 1999-2018.

Variable Overall Within-state (contribution, %) Between-state (contribution, %)
Death rate per 100 000 0.091 0.047 (51.5) 0.044 (48.5)
Place of death, %
Out-of-stroke-unit 0.135 0.077 (57.0) 0.058 (43.0)
Dead on arrival 0.566 0.125 (22.2) 0.440 (77.8)
Outpatient/emergency department 0.236 0.111 (47.1) 0.125 (52.9)
Decedent's home 0.255 0.144 (56.2) 0.112 (43.8)
Hospice facility 0.277 0.133 (48.2) 0.144 (51.8)
Nursing home/long-term care 0.185 0.118 (64.1) 0.066 (35.9)
In-hospital 0.092 0.050 (54.5) 0.042 (45.5)
Other, place or status unknown 0.474 0.124 (26.2) 0.350 (73.8)
Cause of death, %
Subarachnoid hemorrhage 0.055 0.046 (82.8) 0.009 (17.2)
Intracerebral hemorrhage 0.107 0.060 (55.8) 0.047 (44.2)
Cerebral infarction 0.151 0.097 (64.3) 0.054 (35.7)
Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction 0.169 0.083 (49.4) 0.085 (50.6)
Other and sequelae of cerebrovascular disease 0.171 0.114 (66.5) 0.057 (33.5)