Table 1. Mortality rate and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) of stroke categorized by age group, sex, area type, region, and pathological types ― China, 2004 and 2019.

Items	2004					2019					2004 vs. 2019
	Deaths (n)	Proportion (%)	AMR (1/100,000)	ASMR (1/100,000)		Deaths (n)	Proportion (%)	AMR (1/100,000)	ASMR (1/100,000)		AMR (%)	ASMR (%)
Abbreviations: AMR=adjusted mortality rate; ASMR=age-standardized mortality rate. –: Not applicable.
Total	82,567	100.0	125.0	195.0		334,124	100.0	113.2	117.4		−9.4	−39.8
Age group (years)
<40	1,227	1.5	3.0	−		3,527	1.1	2.4	−		−20.0	−
40–	3,506	4.2	35.8	−		10,955	3.3	23.0	−		−35.8	−
50–	8,380	10.1	109.2	−		27,330	8.2	59.1	−		−45.9	−
60–	16,852	20.4	386.7	−		57,932	17.3	182.0	−		−52.9	−
70–	29,133	35.3	1146.3	−		95,815	28.7	602.5	−		−47.4	−
≥80	23,469	28.4	3450.1	−		138,565	41.5	2076.2	−		−39.8	−
Sex
Male	46,474	56.3	137.5	225.4		187,816	56.2	124.7	136.9		−9.3	−39.3
Female	36,093	43.7	111.8	166.4		146,308	43.8	101.1	98.9		−9.6	−40.6
Area type
Urban	26,061	31.6	108.7	155.4		105,769	31.7	85.8	91.1		−21.1	−41.4
Rural	56,506	68.4	134.2	221.2		228,355	68.3	132.8	135.7		−1.0	−38.7
Region
East	31,234	37.8	131.2	189.2		120,203	36.0	90.5	91.5		−31.0	−51.6
Central	31,606	38.3	135.2	215.8		119,331	35.7	136.8	141.2		1.2	−34.6
West	19,727	23.9	104.5	175.6		94,590	28.3	125.8	138.0		20.4	−21.4
Pathological type
Ischemic stroke	23,430	28.4	35.5	57.3		147,161	44.0	49.8	52.1		40.3	−9.1
Hemorrhagic stroke	52,736	63.9	79.8	122.1		170,445	51.0	57.7	59.5		−27.7	−51.3
Stroke, not specified	6,401	7.8	9.7	15.6		16,518	4.9	5.6	5.8		−42.3	−62.8