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Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)
| Value: |
29.2 deaths/100,000 population |
Measurement
Period: |
2009-2011 |
| Location: |
County : Montgomery |
| Comparison: |
MD Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Health / Mortality Data
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 population due to cerebrovascular disease and stroke. |
| Why this is important: Cerebrovascular diseases rank third among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Cerebrovascular disease can cause a stroke. A stroke occurs when blood vessels carrying oxygen to the brain become blocked or burst, thereby cutting off the brain's supply of oxygen. Lack of oxygen causes brain cells to die which can lead to death or disability. Each year, approximately 795,000 people in the U.S. will suffer a new or recurrent stroke. Although people of all ages may have strokes, the risk more than doubles with each decade of life after age 55. The most important modifiable risk factors for stroke are high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes mellitus. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to reduce the stroke death rate to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 population. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 24 Maryland counties and county equivalents. |
| Source: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| URL of Source: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/SitePages/Home.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://dhmh.maryland.gov/vsa/SitePages/reports.aspx |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
deaths/100,000 population
| 2009-2011 | Due to a change in the data source, comparison of 2009-2011 data with earlier data is not recommended. |
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)
| Value: |
29.2 deaths/100,000 population |
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Healthy People 2020 Target:
|
33.8 deaths/100,000 population |
Measurement
Period: |
2009-2011 |
| Location: |
County : Montgomery |
| Comparison: |
Healthy People 2020 Target |
| Categories: |
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Health / Mortality Data
|
|
What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 population due to cerebrovascular disease and stroke. |
| Why this is important: Cerebrovascular diseases rank third among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Cerebrovascular disease can cause a stroke. A stroke occurs when blood vessels carrying oxygen to the brain become blocked or burst, thereby cutting off the brain's supply of oxygen. Lack of oxygen causes brain cells to die which can lead to death or disability. Each year, approximately 795,000 people in the U.S. will suffer a new or recurrent stroke. Although people of all ages may have strokes, the risk more than doubles with each decade of life after age 55. The most important modifiable risk factors for stroke are high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes mellitus. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to reduce the stroke death rate to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 population. |
| Source: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| URL of Source: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/SitePages/Home.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://dhmh.maryland.gov/vsa/SitePages/reports.aspx |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
|
Time Series Data
deaths/100,000 population
| 2009-2011 | Due to a change in the data source, comparison of 2009-2011 data with earlier data is not recommended. |
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