Stroke in Minnesota

How common is stroke in Minnesota?

• In 2023, approximately 3.1% of adults in Minnesota reported ever having had a stroke in their lifetime – almost 140,000 people.
• More than 4% of all deaths in Minnesota are due to stroke (2,293 deaths in 2022), making it the fifth-leading cause of death in the state. This is a lower proportion of overall deaths than what was seen prior to COVID-19 becoming one of the leading causes of death in Minnesota in 2020. 
• In 2022, Minnesotans experienced approximately 13,000 hospitalizations for acute stroke events. This is also lower than has been observed in recent years, due to lower hospital volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• In 2022, Minnesota was ranked 11th lowest for overall stroke mortality among states and the District of Columbia.

Are there disparities in stroke rates in Minnesota?

• From 2018-2022, the stroke death rate is more than 20-55% higher in Asian, Black or African-American, and American Indian Minnesotans compared to the overall Minnesota average.
• The lowest stroke death rates are in Hispanic men and women, approximately 45% lower than the overall Minnesota average.

What is the economic cost of stroke?

• In the United States, there were over $56 billion in annual stroke-related medical costs, including procedures, hospitalizations, rehabilitation, and lost productivity due to mortality in 2019 and 2020.

Learn more: 

• Heart Disease, Stroke, Hypertension, and Diabetes Deaths in Minnesota Dashboard
• Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes Hospitalizations in Minnesota Dashboard
• About Stroke: Health information on stroke and its risk factors

For more information, contact: health.heart@state.mn.us

References

1. Minnesota Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Unadjusted prevalence.
2. Vital Statistics 2012-2022. MN Center for Health Statistics, MDH.
3. MN Hospital Uniform Billing (UB) Claims Data, Health Economics Program, MDH and Minnesota Hospital Association.
4. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Compressed Mortality File (CMF) on CDC WONDER Online Database.
5. Martin SS, Aday AW, Almarzooq ZI, et al. 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association [published correction appears in Circulation. 2024 May 7;149(19):e1164. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001247]. Circulation. 2024;149(8):e347-e913. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001209.