Stroke - Statistics of Stroke
More about stroke/brain attack:
Consider the following statistics regarding strokes:
- Stroke is the third largest cause of death, ranking behind diseases of the heart and all forms of cancer.
- Almost every 45 seconds in the United States, a person experiences a stroke.
- Over 4 million US adults live today with the effects of a stroke.
- The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, estimates strokes cost the US 62.7 billion in 2007.
- Women account for about 6 in 10 stroke deaths.
- Each year about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the US.
- Stroke accounts for about 1 out of every 16 deaths in the US.
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