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Aim -to calculate and estimate the number of years of potential life lost (YPLL) due to premature mortality from cerebrovascular diseases in Ukraine, and its share in the array of losses from all diseases of the circulatory system. The information base of the study was official data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on the distribution of the deceased by gender, age groups and causes of death in 2018. A comparative analysis of mortality from cerebrovascular diseases in selected countries was carried out using the European database of mortality (MDB) and the database of the Global Study of Disease Burden, Injuries and Risk Factors. The method of potential demography was used to estimate demographic losses due to premature mortality from cerebrovascular diseases. The number of lost years of potential life due to premature mortality from cerebrovascular diseases in 2018 reached 116,563 thousand man-years (104,355 thousand in 2013), which accounted for more than 18% of similar losses as a result of death from all cardiovascular diseases in Ukraine. Revealed a significant disproportion of losses depending on gender - more than two thirds (69.1%) of the absolute number of lost years accounted for men. Ukraine is losing more significant amounts of potential years of life due to high premature mortality from cerebrovascular diseases compared to the developed countries of the world. Assessing real and potential losses due to premature death from cerebrovascular disease is a useful tool to support management decision making. We can recommend a methodology for arguing the development of strategies and programs aimed at combating cerebrovascular diseases, assessing the dynamics of changes in the process of their implementation, and as an indicator of effectiveness.