Global stroke burden keeps rising despite falling stroke rates

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A new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study in Neuroepidemiology looks closely at a striking contradiction in global stroke prevention: even as age-standardized stroke rates have fallen substantially over the past three decades, the number of people suffering and dying from stroke continues to rise.

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