Prevalence of stroke among adults by state U.S. 2020/22

From 2020 to 2022, Mississippi and Alabama had the highest percentages of U.S. adults reporting a stroke, at 4.7 and 4.2 percent, respectively. Conversely, Vermont had one of the lowest shares, with only 2.2 percent of adults reporting a stroke during this period. This statistic displays the percentage of adults in the United States who were told by a doctor they had a stroke in 2020-2022, by state

Percentage of adults in the United States who were told by a doctor they had a stroke in 2020-2022, by state

Characteristic	Age-standardized prevalence
Mississippi	4.7%
Tennessee	4.2%
Alabama	4.1%
Louisiana	4.1%
Kentucky	4%
Arkansas	3.9%
West Virginia	3.9%
Oklahoma	3.8%
North Carolina	3.6%
Ohio	3.5%
Georgia	3.4%
Missouri	3.3%
South Carolina	3.3%
Indiana	3.2%
Pennsylvania	3.1%
Delaware	3%
Michigan	3%
Nevada	3%
Texas	3%
District of Columbia	2.9%
Florida	2.9%
Illinois	2.9%
Virginia	2.9%
Alaska	2.7%
Arizona	2.7%
Idaho	2.7%
Kansas	2.7%
Oregon	2.7%
California	2.6%
Maine	2.6%
Maryland	2.6%
North Dakota	2.6%
Minnesota	2.5%
Montana	2.5%
Washington	2.5%
Wisconsin	2.5%
Wyoming	2.5%
Hawaii	2.4%
New Hampshire	2.4%
New Jersey	2.4%
New Mexico	2.4%
Utah	2.4%
Iowa	2.3%
South Dakota	2.3%
Colorado	2.2%
Connecticut	2.2%
Massachusetts	2.2%
Nebraska	2.2%
New York	2.2%
Rhode Island	2.2%
Vermont	2.2%

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

2011/2013 to 2020/2022

Number of respondents

1,220,972 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Age-standardized prevalence

Supplementary notes

All data were self-reported. Participants who responded “yes” to “Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had a stroke?” were defined as having had a stroke.

In separate questions, respondents were asked if they had ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had: hypertension (or high blood pressure), coronary heart disease, angina (or angina pectoris), heart attack (or myocardial infarction), any other heart condition or disease not already mentioned, or a stroke.

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