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The aim of the present study was to explore the longitudinal stroke trends in the middle-aged Lithuanian urban population during the period of 1986 through 2012. All stroke events in the studied population were ascertained and validated according to the standardized criteria outlined by the WHO MONICA Project. Findings from our study indicate declining in the mortality and case fatality of stroke, increasing attack rates and recurrence of stroke, meanwhile incidence rates of stroke were stable among middle-aged Kaunas men and women during past two decades.