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Stroke and American Indians/Alaska Natives

  • In general, American Indians/Alaska Natives and non-Hispanic whites have similar rates of strokes (cerebrovascular disease) and stroke-related deaths.

Diagnosed Cases of Stroke:

Age-adjusted percentage of stroke among persons 18 years of age and over, 2018
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
3.0 2.7 1.1

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-1a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

 

Death Rate:

Age-adjusted stroke death rates per 100,000 (2018)
  Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native /
Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men 29.7 35.7 0.9
Women 31.1 35.6 1.0
Total 30.7 36.0 0.9

Source: CDC 2021. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 69, No. 13. Table 10.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/nvsr69-13-508.pdf [PDF | 2.05MB]

 

Risk Factors:

There are several risk factors related to stroke. Some of these risk factors are:

Obesity and Overweight – See Obesity and American Indians/Native Americans

Hypertension – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

High Cholesterol – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

Cigarette Smoking – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

Last Modified: 2/11/2021 11:34:00 AM