About Strokes

Approximately every 40 seconds a person in the United States, which equates to  about 795,000 individuals experience a new or recurrent stroke each year.(NINDS) The direct and direct cost of stroke for 2010 is 73.7 billion.

Top 3 Risk Factors for Strokes

  • High Blood Presure
  • Diabetes
  • Smoking

55,000 more women have a stroke than men and afterwards women have a greater disability than men.

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