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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention;  Stroke  has dropped from the nation’s fourth-leading cause of death to No. 5.  It is the second time since 2011 that stroke has dropped a spot in the mortality rankings. What is a  Stroke ? A stroke results from a disease process that affects the arteries of the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel bringing blood to the brain gets blocked or ruptures so brain cells don't get the flow of blood that they need. Deprived of oxygen, nerve cells cannot function and die within minutes. When these nerve cells die, the parts of the body they control cannot function either. These devastating effects are often permanent because brain cells cannot be replaced. Other names for a stroke  include: Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) Ischemic Stroke Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) Cerebral Thrombosis What are the different ty...

Back in December 2014; the AHA posted an article promoting the fact that " Stroke   has dropped from the nation’s fourth-leading cause of death to No. 5", according to new statistics. This drop is the second time since 2011 that stroke has dropped in the national mortality rankings. According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released ,  stroke has switched positions with unintentional injuries, which killed 1,579 more people than stroke in 2013, according to the very latest data available.  In 2013, the leading causes of death were: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, unintentional injuries, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide. The stroke death rate dropped slightly, from 36.9 percent in 2012 to 36.2 percent in 2013. While the death rate from heart disease dropped somewhat between 2012 and 2013, it remains the No. 1 cause of death in the nation. Cancer is ...