• In the United States, about 795,000 strokes occur each year. The incidence of cerebral infarction attributable to ECVD was 17 per 100,000 for blacks, nine per 100,000 for Hispanics, and five per 100,000 for whites.
• About 7 percent of all first ischemic strokes have been associated with extracranial carotid stenosis of 60 percent or more.
• The economic burden of ECVD is large: the direct and indirect cost for acute and convalescent care for stroke victims in the United States was estimated to be over $73 billion in 2010.
  
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Resources

• Scientific Statement and Guideline Library
• Heart and Stroke Statistics – 2011 Update
• AHA Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations
• 2010 Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke
• Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Stroke Council
• Get With The Guidelines - Stroke
• Stroke Learning Library