Background: The cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is an obstruction or rupture of brain irrigating vessels, causing reduction of the tecidual oxigenation, which may result in after-effects and death. Objectives: To analyze the number of hospitalizations and deaths from ischemic and hemorrhagic CVA in Brazil in the last decade. Design and setting: Transversal descriptive epidemiological study based in Brazil. Methods: Study based on DATASUS data, from February 2011 to February 2021. Results: Brazil registered 417.950 hospitalizations, of which 19.493 occurred in the North region, 86.626 in the North East, 205.356 in the Southeast, 85.201 in the South and 21.274 in the Midwest. The 60 to 79 age registered 213.255 hospitalizations; the 40 to 59, 99.993; the 80 or more, 88.184; and the 20 to 39, 16.518. The male gender registered 216.454 hospitalizations; the female, 201.496. The deaths registered 64.552, of which 3.111 happened in the North region, 13.483 in the North East, 33.455 in the Southeast, 11.119 in the South and 3.384 in the Midwest. The 80 above age range represented 19.803 deaths; the 60 to 79, 18.339; the 40 to 59, 11.867; and the 20 to 39, 1.543. The male gender registered 32.336 cases; the female, 32.216. Conclusions: Brazil had an anual average of 41.795 hospitalizations and 6.455,2 deaths due to stroke in last decade. The South region showed the highest incidence of hospitalizations (0,28%), while the North had the lowest (0,10%). The lethality of the disease was similar in all regions (15%), except for the South, with a 13% lethality.
