Prevalence of stroke in US population has remained stable over past 20 years, shows study

A trio of neurologists at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found through a study of the data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that the prevalence of stroke in the U.S. over the past 20 years has remained stable. Wells Andres, Aaron Rothstein and Holly Elser describe their analysis in the journal JAMA Neurology.