Here are seven statistics to know.
- Each year, 133,000 Americans die from a stroke.
- More than one-third (35 percent) of Americans have experienced at least one symptom of a mini stroke, or transient ischemic attack.
- The number of strokes in the U.S is expected to increase by 20.5 percent between 2012 and 2030.
- The average hospital cost for a stroke victim is $21,826.
- Strokes costs the U.S. economy $34 billion annually.
- Ten percent of stroke survivors make a full recovery, and 25 percent recover with minor impairments. Forty percent of survivors experience moderate to severe impairments that require special care.
- Fourteen percent of stroke survivors experience a second stroke within a year of the first.
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