Stroke Incidence Rises Again with Widening Ethnic Health Inequalities
A 30-year analysis found stroke incidence rose 13% in 2020-2024, with rates more than twice as high in Black African and Black Caribbean groups.
- On Wednesday, researchers presented a 30-year study at the European Stroke Organisation Conference 2026 showing stroke incidence in South London rose 13% between 2020 and 2024, reversing decades of decline.
- Dr. Camila Pantoja-Ruiz of King's College London reported the rise disproportionately affects Black African and Black Caribbean populations, potentially exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic care disruptions.
- Black African and Black Caribbean populations experience higher prevalence of high blood pressure and diabetes, with strokes occurring around 10 years earlier than in White populations.
- Gaps in early detection persist; 12% of Black African patients had no prior risk diagnosis compared with 6.3% of White patients, while survivors face 34% lower odds of timely follow-up care.
- Pantoja-Ruiz warned that widening cardiovascular inequalities represent a widespread problem, urging immediate improvements in cardiovascular risk program uptake across all ethnic and socioeconomic groups.
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Stroke incidence rises again with widening ethnic health inequalities
A new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic minority populations and concentrated among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.
Rising stroke rates highlight widening ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities across populations, study finds
A new study presented at the European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic minority populations and concentrated among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. The study also appears on the medRxiv preprint server.
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ESOC 2026: Rising stroke rates highlight widening ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities across populations, major study finds
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic minority populations…
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MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic minority populations and concentrated among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. These findings reflect broader patterns seen in diverse urban populations internationally, pointing to widening healt…
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