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Lana, Lekić, Alen, Lekić, Maša, Amrain, Muris, Mujkić |
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Folia Medica Facultatis Medicinae Universitatis Saraeviensis; 2011, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p80-83, 4p |
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A stroke is the sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow. In the 1990 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provided the first global estimate on the burden of 135 diseases, and cerebrovascular diseases ranked as the second leading cause of death after ischemic heart disease(1). The best possible sources of information on the different disease were used, and for countries or regions where no data were available, extrapolations from populations in neighboring countries were used to estimate the disease pat-tern. During the past decade the quantity of especially routine mortality data has increased, and is now covering ap-proximately one-third of the world's population. The increase in data availability provides the possibility for updating the estimated global burden of stroke. Data on causes of death from the 1990s have shown that cerebrovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death. In 2001 it was estimated that cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) accounted for 5.5 million deaths world wide, equivalent to 9.6 % of all deaths(2). Two-thirds of these deaths occurred in people living in developing countries and 40% of the subjects were aged less than 70 years. Additionally, cerebrovascular disease is the leading cause of disability in adults and each year millions of stroke survivors has to adapt to a life with re-strictions in activities of daily living as a consequence of cere-brovascular disease. Many surviving stroke patients will often depend on other people's continuous support to survive. Cerebrovascular diseases can be prevented to a large extend and providing an entry point for public health initiatives to reduce the burden of stroke within a population(3). This paper tries to identify the background for lack of knowl-edge on stroke symptom and signs in Canton Sarajevo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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