Unfortunately, 80% of stroke victims had no apparent warning signs. View fact here.

Lavenson, G. & Sharma, D. (1994). Cost Savings of Carotid Endarterectomy: Value of One Vascular Surgeon in One Year. Perspectives in Vascular Surgery. 7(1), 1.

http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=UNCONT

Unfortunately, 4 out of 5 stroke victims had no apparent warning signs.

Lavenson, G. & Sharma, D. (1994). Cost Savings of Carotid Endarterectomy: Value of One Vascular Surgeon in One Year. Perspectives in Vascular Surgery. 7(1), 1.

http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=UNCONT

Stroke is the fourth leading killer behind diseases of the heart, cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases.

CDC National Vital Statistics Report: Deaths, Preliminary Report for 2008.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_02.pdf

There are approximately 4 million survivors of stroke.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke_rehabilitation.htm

Women account for 61% of stroke deaths.

http://www.theuniversityhospital.com/stroke/stats.htm

Every 40 seconds, someone has a stroke.

http://strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1033

Americans will pay about $65.5 billion in 2008 for stroke-related medical costs and disability.

http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/announcements/stroke_awareness_month.htm