Strokes among U.S. adults have decreased over the past 30 years

Previous research has suggested that strokes among older adults are on the decline, and new data indicates that that trend is continuing to hold. Scientists looked at adults aged 65 and older who were enrolled in a study assessing the risk of arterial disease, and found that rates of stroke declined between 2011 and 2017. Taken together with data from 1987, the new numbers indicate that strokes in that age group have declined by 32% every 10 years for the past 30 years. The trend was seen in both men and women, as well as black and white individuals. Some caveats: Researchers weren’t able to account for the type of stroke experienced by individuals, nor did they have recent data for those under the age of 65.