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U.S. Statistics

  • 750,000 people suffer a stroke each year.
  • Stroke is 1st leading cause of serious long-term disability
  • Stroke is 3rd leading cause of death annually
  • 14% of people who have a stroke will have another within one year
  • 40,000 more women than men have a stroke each year
  • Stroke care costs more than $52 billion annually

  • Source: National Stroke Association

     

     

     
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