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Social aspects of cerebrovascular diseases

In most developed countries cerebrovascular diseases are an important cause of morbidity. Stroke, brain damage caused by circulatory disorders in brain circulation, is the third cause of death and one of the most common causes of disability among adult population, right after heart diseases and malignant tumors. Cerebrovascular diseases are also second most common cause of dementia, which is also a disabling factor for patients. An estimate of 2.500.000 people each year suffer from one kind of stroke. About 3/4 suffer their first stroke, while 1/4 suffers recurrent stroke often followed by worse consequences. Over the last years an increasing incidence in stroke among young people, the most productive population, has been noticed. 46% of patients are aged 46-49. For the last 2 years stroke has been the first cause of death in Croatia.

stroke; social aspects; risk factors

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