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Learn the signs of stroke...

...because every second counts

  • Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
  • Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
  • Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
  • Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
  • Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

If you or someone you know suffers from any of these symptoms, call 9-1-1 at once.

Why should you care?

Every 45 seconds, someone in America has a stroke. Every 3.1 minutes, someone dies of one.

Stroke killed an estimated 167,661 people in 2000 and is the nation's 3rd leading cause of death, ranking behind diseases of the heart and all forms of cancer. Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the U.S.

  • Each year about 700,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke. About 500,000 are first attacks, and 200,000 are recurrent attacks
  • About 4.7 million stroke survivors are alive today
  • In 1999, more than 1.1 million American adults reported difficulty with functional limitations, activities of daily living, etc., resulting from stroke
  • In 2000, females accounted for 61.4% of stroke fatalities
  • Stroke accounts for about half of all patients hospitalized for acute neurological disease
  • According to the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study, 28% of annual stroke victims are under age 65
  • From 1990 to 2000 the death rate from stroke declined 12.3%, but the actual number of stroke deaths rose 9.9%
  • The 2000 death rates per 100,000 population for stroke were 58.6 for white males and 87.1 for black males; and 57.8 for white females and 78.1 for black females
  • From the early 1970s to early 1990s, the estimated number of noninstitutionalized stroke survivors increased from 1.5 to 2.4 million
  • Stroke costs the United States $30 to $40 billion per year

 

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