Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in the world is the second leading cause of death and the first cause of functional disability. It is characterized as the focal and/or global disorders of brain function, which may be of hemorrhagic or ischemic etiology, with sequelae that increase morbidity. Its approach must be rapid and with the institution of secondary prevention measures. This is an observational and cross-sectional study, based on the collection of secondary data from epidemiological bulletins made available by the Health Surveillance Department from July 2016 to July 2021 in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The objective of the present study is to carry out an epidemiological analysis between the number of hospitalizations performed in each age group and per year of processing, the total value, the prevalence ratio of hospitalizations and deaths between the sexes. There were 57,331 hospitalizations, and the most affected age group was 60 to 69 years old, with a number of 16,275 hospitalizations, 29,418 and 27,913 for males and females respectively, with an increase in incidence over the five years of studies. Regarding the difference in deaths by sex, 5,917 deaths were male and 5,863 deaths were female. With the results obtained in the present study, the growing number of cases of this disease is evident, which is related to the increase in life expectancy of the population, as well as the western lifestyle are factors that increase the risk of a person developing stroke.