Essay On Stroke

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing brain tissue to die. There are lots of signs and symptoms to look out for if an individual is having or going to have strokes. The symptoms are and not limited to, numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg especially on one side of the body, confusion, trouble speaking or understanding, trouble seeing in one or both eyes, trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, severe headache with no known cause. With out the proper knowledge and understanding, no one is going to recognize that these are the things to look out for before an individual has stroke.

In 2000 Stroke was ranked third in the leading cause of

By year 2010, stroke was still ranked number four, but the ratio dropped to 4.8 percent of death among black male. In the Hispanic, the different ratio of stroke as it partakes to the cause of death among males isn’t quite as great as that of the African American community, but it did drop. In the Hispanic community, stroke dropped from 4.8 percent in 2000 to 4.2 percent in 2010. In the White community stroked killed about 5.5 percent of the white male in 2000, but by 2010, the percentage dropped to 4.1. In the White community, stroke dropped from the rank of three to five among the top ten causes of death of males between the year 2000 and the year 2010. In the American Indian/Alaska Native community, stroke was ranked sixth with the ratio of 4.0 percent in the year 2000. In the year 2010, stroke dropped to the rank of eighth with a ratio of 3.0 percent. Last but not least, the Asian/Pacific Islander community also had stroke on their top list of cause of death among males of the community. Stroke was ranked third with a ratio of 8.2 percent in the year 2000 among their community, then in the year 2010, it was still ranked third but the ratio dropped to 6.6 percent of the overall death in their