Adults Who Experience Before 50 Years of Age
Current Event Adults who Experience stroke before age 50 have higher risk of death over long-term. The article is from March 19, 2013, in the Medical News Today it examines a study done by the University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands to find a long-term prognosis for adults whom suffered from a stroke between the ages of 18 to 50.
Even though “the fatality rate from stroke has dropped by one third in the United States since the 1980s”, strokes are still one of the leading causes of mortality and accounts for 6 million fatal events worldwide every year. The large majority of these cases occur in individuals in old age but 10 percent occur in adults under the age of 50. That means approximately 600,000 people between the ages of 18 to 50 die from stroke a year. These numbers may seem surprising especially with a problem usually associated with the elderly, but it isn't unrealistic with games, technology and fast food being so easy to access it makes us more susceptible to certain risks associated with stroke "obesity, lack of physical activity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure have all shown strong association with subsequent CVD problems”.
With the number of this fatalities being so high and are susceptibility to stroke related risks, there are still only limited info regarding a long-term prognosis for stroke victims ranging in the age of 18 to 50.
The Redboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre conducted a study comparing the mortality rate of people 18-50 years of age whom suffered from a stroke and survived 30 days after with the nation wide mortality rates. What the study discovered was out of 192 patients surveying over 11 to 20 years there mortality rate was in the 20 to 24 percentile. Showing a large increase in mortality then the general population and half caused by vascular disease and these vascular problems continues through out there
Even though “the fatality rate from stroke has dropped by one third in the United States since the 1980s”, strokes are still one of the leading causes of mortality and accounts for 6 million fatal events worldwide every year. The large majority of these cases occur in individuals in old age but 10 percent occur in adults under the age of 50. That means approximately 600,000 people between the ages of 18 to 50 die from stroke a year. These numbers may seem surprising especially with a problem usually associated with the elderly, but it isn't unrealistic with games, technology and fast food being so easy to access it makes us more susceptible to certain risks associated with stroke "obesity, lack of physical activity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure have all shown strong association with subsequent CVD problems”.
With the number of this fatalities being so high and are susceptibility to stroke related risks, there are still only limited info regarding a long-term prognosis for stroke victims ranging in the age of 18 to 50.
The Redboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre conducted a study comparing the mortality rate of people 18-50 years of age whom suffered from a stroke and survived 30 days after with the nation wide mortality rates. What the study discovered was out of 192 patients surveying over 11 to 20 years there mortality rate was in the 20 to 24 percentile. Showing a large increase in mortality then the general population and half caused by vascular disease and these vascular problems continues through out there