Kentucky is in the Stroke Belt. The Stroke Belt is an 11-state region of the U.S. where studies show the risk of stroke is 34 percent higher for the general population than it is in other areas of the country, and death rates are more than 10 percent higher than the U.S. average.
Xổ số miền nam hôm nayAccording to the American Heart/Stroke Association:
- Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and a leading cause of long-term disability
- Stroke is the leading cause of preventable disability
- Approximately 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke every year, with about three in four being first-time strokes
- Every four minutes someone dies of a stroke
- More women than men have strokes each year
- African Americans are more impacted by stroke than any other racial group within the American population
Data: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Xổ số miền nam hôm nayIn 2018, 2,204 Kentuckians died of stroke, which represented 1.5 percent of all deaths for that year. Among all states, Kentucky had the 11th-highest stroke mortality rate in the nation (41.5 deaths per 100,000 population – age adjusted).
Data: Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics
In 2018, 4.5 percent of Kentuckians had been told they have had a stroke.
Data Source: 2015 KY Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Types of Stroke
Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts (or ruptures). When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, causing brain tissue to die.
There are 2 types of stroke:
- Ischemic Stroke: Blockage of blood flow to the brain due to a blood clot or plaque buildup in the arteries. Ischemic Strokes are the most common and represent 87 percent of all strokes.
- Hemorrhagic Stroke: This type of stroke represents 13 percent of all strokes due to bleeding into the brain tissue or subarachnoid space from a ruptured blood vessel.
- The two types of hemorrhagic strokes are subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs when a blood vessel on the surface of the brain ruptures and bleeds into the space between the brain and the skull.
- Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) occurs when a blood vessel bleeds into the tissue deep within the brain.
A Transient Ischemic AttackXổ số miền nam hôm nay (TIA) is transient symptoms of a stroke caused by temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain, but does not leave permanent damage. Symptoms usually resolve within a few minutes. Having a TIA is a medical emergency and increases the risk of having a stroke
Symptoms of a Stroke
Stroke is a medical emergency! Call 911 immediately!
Risk Factors
Xổ số miền nam hôm naySome of the most common modifiable risk factors leading to a stroke are:
- High blood pressure (the No. 1 risk factor for all strokes)
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Tobacco abuse
- Atrial fibrillation
- Physical inactivity and obesity
- Carotid artery disease
- Sleep apnea
- TIA
- Excessive alcohol abuse
- Illegal drug use