Prevalence

• There are between 40,000 to 50,000 strokes in Canada each year.
• For every 10,000 Canadian children under the age of 19, there are 6.7 strokes.
• About 300,000 Canadians are living with the effects of stroke.
• After age 55, the risk of stroke doubles every 10 years.
• A stroke survivor has a 20% chance of having another stroke within 2 years.

Effects

Of every 100 people who have a stroke:

• 15 die (15%)
• 10 recover completely (10%)
• 25 recover with a minor impairment or disability (25%)
• 40 are left with a moderate to severe impairment (40%)
• 10 are so severely disabled they require long-term care (10%)

Costs

• Stroke costs the Canadian economy $2.7 billion a year.
• The average acute care costs is about $27,500 per stroke
• Canadians spend a total of 3 million days in hospital because of stroke.