Stroke

Eating for Heart Health

How Can I Cook Healthfully? (pdf)
How Do I Change Recipes? (pdf)
How Do I Read Food Labels? (pdf)
What About Eating Out? (pdf)
DASH For Good Health - Southern Style (pdf)

Sodium Reduction

South Carolina Stroke System of Care

Updated: Feb. 18, 2026

In 2011, legislation was passed to enact the "Stroke System of Care Act of 2011" to establish a statewide system of stroke care, which requires the Department of Public Health to recognize hospitals that are certified to be primary stroke centers and to authorize recognition of acute stroke capable centers and provide emergency medical services providers a list of primary stroke centers, stroke enabled centers through telemedicine, and other certified programs, as they come available.

Heart Attack Warning Signs

Tracking Heart attack/stroke dashboard

What is a Heart Attack?

A heart attack occurs when an artery that carries blood to your heart becomes blocked, usually by a blood clot.

Stroke is South Carolina's 5^th Biggest Killer.

20,879: The number of emergency department visits for stroke in South Carolina in 2022.
17,765: The number of hospitalizations for stroke in South Carolina in 2022.
$1.5 billion: The total hospitalization charges due to stroke in South Carolina in 2022.