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- NewYork-Presbyterian Receives NY State Stroke Center Designation
Stroke Statistics
- Stroke is third largest cause of death, ranking behind diseases of the heart and all forms of cancer.
- Strokes kill about 160,000 Americans each year.
- Almost every minute in the United States, a person experiences a stroke.
- About 33 percent of people who have had a stroke and survived will have another stroke within five years.
- The risk of having a stroke increases with age.
- Seventy-two percent of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65.
- Of all the stroke deaths that occur each year, women account for approximately 60 percent.
- African-Americans are twice as likely to experience a stroke than Caucasian-Americans.
