A major international research project – reviewing 119 studies (58 from high-income countries and 61 from low-income / middle-income countries) has discovered – amongst many other statistics – that the proportion of younger people affected by stroke is increasing. Stroke in the 20–64 age group accounts for nearly a third of strokes currently, whereas it accounted for a quarter of all strokes in 1990.
The overall global burden of stroke is significant and increasing, largely due to an ageing population, so more research on all fronts is recommended.
Global stats show rise in strokes in younger people. London: NHS Choices; Behind the Headlines, October 24th 2013.
This relates to:
Krishnamurthi, RV. Feigin, VL. [and] Forouzanfar, MH. [et al]; the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the GBD Stroke Experts Group. (2013). Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet Global Health, November 1st 2013, Vol.1(5), e259-e28. [Epub ahead of print].
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Feigin, VL. Forouzanfar, MH. [and] Krishnamurthi, RV. [et al]; the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the GBD Stroke Experts Group. (2013). Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, October 24th 2013. [Epub ahead of print].