Global-Burden-of-Disease

• Global Stroke Burden, 1990–2021 — GBD 2021: 84% of Stroke DALYs Trace to 23 Risk Factors, With Hypertension Still Dominant at 56.8%

  September 1, 2026

  GBD 2021 stroke burden across 204 countries: age-standardised incidence -21.8%, deaths -39.4%, DALYs -38.7% (1990-2021), but absolute counts up; 84.1% of stroke DALYs attributable to 23 risk factors (metabolic 68.8%, environmental 36.7%, behavioural 35.2%).