AUG 14, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Epidemiology of ischemic stroke in China and the United States
Medicine
Rigorous population-based retrospective analysis using Global Burden of Disease data with sophisticated temporal trend analysis and projections, providing clear epidemiological comparisons across two major countries, though descriptive rather than causal or interventional.
Reported
China age-standardized incidence…5.41% (EAPC: 0.06%, 95% CI: −0.09 to 0.22%)
China age-standardized prevalence…11.96% (EAPC: 0.44%, 95% CI: 0.41–0.46%)
China age-standardized mortality…−58.20% (EAPC: −2.68%, 95% CI: −2.84 to −2.…