Stroke, 1 July 2016 Background and Purpose—The stroke belt is described as an 8-state region with high stroke mortality across the southeastern United States. Using spatial statistics, we identified clusters of high stroke mortality (hot spots) and adjacent areas of low stroke mortality (cool spots) for US counties and evaluated for regional…

J Am Heart Assoc, 11 May 2016 Background Population-based studies have revealed declining acute ischemic stroke (AIS) hospitalization rates in the United States, but no study has assessed recent temporal trends in race/ethnic-, age-, and sex-specific AIS hospitalization rates. … Conclusions Although overall stroke hospitalizations declined in the United States, the reduction was…