Cerebrovascular disease mortality and Medicare hospitalization--United States, 1980-1990.

Cerebrovascular disease, the third leading cause of death in the United States, disproportionately affects older adults. In 1988, 87% of all deaths from and 74% of all hospitalizations for cerebrovascular disease occurred among persons aged greater than or equal to 65 years. This report presents temporal trends and geographic patterns in mortality and Medicare hospitalizations resulting from cerebrovascular disease among persons aged greater than or equal to 65 years.