Did you know that stroke is third leading cause of death?

Did you know that Each year, about 700,000 people suffer a stroke?

Did you know about 500,000 of these are first attacks, and 200,000 are recurrent attacks?

Did you know what causes a stroke?

Did you know that Stroke killed 275,000 people in 2002 and accounted for about 1 of 16 deaths in the United States?


Did you know that 28% of people who suffer a stroke in any given year are under age 65?

Did you know that Hip-hop legend Nate Dogg On December 19, 2007, suffered a stroke?

Did you know that compared with white males 45 to 54 years old, African Americans males in the same age group have a threefold greater risk of ischemic stroke?

Did you know that some Migraine create Stroke-Like Symptoms?

Did you know that about 50% of stroke deaths in 2003 occurred out of hospital?

Did you know that Stroke remains the third leading cause of death, behind heart disease and cancer?

Did you know that Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States?

Did you know that in 1999, about 1,100,000 Americans reported difficulties with daily living because of a stroke?

Did you know that on average, someone in the United States suffers a stroke every 45 seconds; every 3 to 4 minutes, someone dies of a stroke?

Did you know that about 4.7 million stroke survivors (2.3 million men, 2.4 million women) are alive today?

Did you know that among persons 45 to 64 years old, 8-12% of ischemic strokes and 37-38% of hemorrhagic strokes result in death within 30 days?

Did you know that if you quit smoking you reduces your stroke risk to that of a non-smoker in five years?

Did you know that a study published in today's Neurology shows people living in Southern states are in the stroke belt?

Did you know that the stroke belt — which comprises North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana — eat more fried fish and less non-fried fish than people living in the rest of the country, and African-Americans eat more fried fish than Caucasians?

Did you know that the steep rate of death from stroke is higher in those Southern states?

Within a year, up to 25% of people who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA or "mini-stroke") will die. This percentage is high among people 65 and older.

Now if you didn't know, now you know...

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