What you need to know about stroke

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• Alternative Title:
  Know stroke
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Each year in the United States, there are more than 700,000 strokes. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the country. And stroke causes more serious long-term disabilities than any other disease. Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65 and the risk of having a stroke more than doubles each decade after the age of 55.
  
  For African Americans, stroke is more common and more deadly — even in young and middle-aged adults — than for any ethnic or other racial group in the United States.
  
  Learning about stroke can help you act in time to save a co-worker, friend, or relative. And making changes in your lifestyle can help you prevent stroke.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Shipping list no.: 2004-0271-P.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Stroke Stroke/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fc652f8fac57ccb3dc79ed0f94ae1a2bd04378b3c92b27e18f919be63329f9b302a9e5c973828bd1dd0d492cefd494793edadc1cca2f8edd873261c562c7e75a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6723/cdc_6723_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.60 MB ]