The best and the worst states for strokes

According to a nationwide survey of over 356,000 adults, Mississippi has a higher number of strokes than any other state. The results are based on a phone survey where participants were simply asked if they had ever been told by a doctor that they had had a stroke, and it didn't include people living in nursing homes or institutions. Oklahoma and Washington tied for 2nd place, and Louisiana rounds out 3rd place. The state with the fewest strokes? Connecticut.

The study also gathered some other interesting facts, such as fewer than half of stroke patients make it to the hospital within 2 hours of the onset of symptoms, and that the rates of strokes for men and women are roughly the same.