Stroke Death Rates, Blacks Age 65+

Geographic Patterns: Stroke Death Rates for 2018 through 2020 for Blacks Aged 65 Years and Older by County. The map shows that concentrations of counties with the highest stroke death rates – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in parts of eastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Delaware. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.

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