The number of deaths from strokes could rise to roughly 9.7 million a year globally by 2050.
Share on linkedin Global deaths from strokes could reach about 9.7 million a year by 2050, which would be a nearly 50% rise from 2020 levels, according toLow- and middle-income countries will have an outsize influence on the trend, with 90% of stroke fatalities projected to be in low- and middle-income countries and just 9% in high-income countries by mid-century.
"These estimates are indicative of the ever-increasing burden we will see in the years ahead unless urgent, effective action is taken," commission co-chair Valery L. Feigin said in a statement.By the numbers: The analysis projects the cost of treatment, rehabilitation and indirect costs of stroke could more than double from $891 billion in 2020 to $2.3 trillion in 2050.
Even as the global death rate for people over 60 years old is expected to fall roughly 36% by 2050, the projected death rate for those younger than 60 will decline only 25% largely due to increasing levels of diabetes and obesity.Share on linkedin
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