Global Burden of High BMI-Related Stroke in Older Adults, 1990-2021

83,007 deaths in 2021 were attributed to high BMI-related ischemic stroke among adults aged 70 and older, according to Global Burden of Disease 2021 estimates. The dataset quantifies deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and population-attributable fractions by sex, age, country, and socio-demographic index from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2044. It was authored by Zhendong Huang and published on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in stroke burden based on segmented log-linear regression with breakpoints.
• Comparing geographic disparities in stroke metrics based on country and socio-demographic index (SDI) stratification.
• Projecting future disease burden based on empirical age-specific log-linear extrapolation.
• Decomposing changes in deaths into population growth, aging, and rate change using a Shapley-based approach.
• Examining sex- and age-specific patterns within the elderly population aged 70 and older.

Strengths

• Provides specific metrics for 2021, including death rates ranging from 3.93 to 124.33 per 100,000.
• Includes projections for future burden, forecasting deaths to reach 104,638 by 2044.
• Analyzes data across multiple dimensions: sex, age, country, and socio-demographic index (SDI).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is 89.9 KB, suggesting a limited scope of raw data.

Provenance

Source

Global Burden of Disease 2021 estimates.

Collection Method

Quantified using GBD estimates; temporal trends assessed with segmented log-linear regression.

Time Range

1990 to 2021, with projections for 2022-2044.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 04:28:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, regional, and national coverage.