DEATHS due to stroke are expected to increase to 10 million annually by 2050, this being a staggering 50 percent surge, the Lancet Neurology Commission has projected. It declared, “In this commission, we forecast the burden of stroke from 2020 to 2050. We project that stroke mortality will increase by 50 percent — from 6.6 million in 2020 to 9.7 million in 2050 — with disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) growing over the same period from 144.8 million in 2020 to 189.3 million in 2050. By 2050, it is estimated that the contribution of stroke deaths in LMICs will increase from 86 percent to 91 percent. It is also said that the burden of stroke is increasing faster in LMICs than in high-income countries (HICs).

Source: Nigerian Tribune October 12, 2023 04:12 UTC