A report issued by the World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission on Stroke and published online Oct. 9 in The Lancet Neurology.
Noting that the incidence of stroke is increasing in young and middle-aged people globally, Valery L. Feigin, M.D., from the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, and colleagues forecast the burden of stroke from 2020 to 2050.
The authors note that stroke mortality is projected to increase by 50 percent, from 6.6 to 9.7 million from 2020 to 2050, with disability-adjusted life years increasing from 144.8 to 189.3 million during the same period. Based on this assessment, the authors developed recommendations in the four pillars of the stroke quadrangle: surveillance, prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation. Reduction of the global burden of stroke.
