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Strokes

Asked by Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 116916

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been impacted by strokes in each of the last 5 years by a) age and b) region.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Information on the number of admissions to hospitals in England with a primary diagnosis of a stroke, disaggregated by region and by age in each year from 2020/21 to 2024/25, is shown in the attached table.

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