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Stroke is most common after 60. But research suggests it's on the rise in a younger population, and lifestyle factors could largely be to blame. Why Are More Young People Having Strokes?
As Stanford Medicine reports, most strokes occur in people aged 65 and older. But what you may not know is that a surprising 10% of individuals younger than 45 can also experience strokes.
Strokes are the No. 5 cause of death in the U.S.—and they’re on the rise.
Pediatric stroke is a stroke that occurs in children or adolescents. Stroke affects an estimated 2.5 to 13 per 100,000 children annually. [1] The signs and symptoms of stroke in children, infants, and newborns are different from those in adults. The causes and risk factors of stroke in children are also different from those in adults. [2]
A silent stroke (or asymptomatic cerebral infarction) is a stroke that does not have any outward symptoms associated with stroke, and the patient is typically unaware they have suffered a stroke. Despite not causing identifiable symptoms, a silent stroke still causes damage to the brain and places the patient at increased risk for both ...
Alarming trends show it's becoming a problem for young people, too. ... heart failure deaths have skyrocketed by 906% in people under age 45, and strokes among 18–44-year-olds are up nearly 15%.
The incidence of spontaneous carotid artery dissection is low, and incidence rates for internal carotid artery dissection have been reported to be around 2.6 to 2.9 incidents per 100,000. [14] Though the incidence is low, it is the cause of the vast majority of strokes in young people. [15]
And your risk goes up as you age: About two-thirds of strokes happen in people over 65. “Someone has a stroke every 40 seconds, and someone dies every 3.5 minutes,” says Carlos S. Ince Jr., M.D.