'Alarming' rise in strokes among middle-aged, UK charity warns

[WorldNews]

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The number of people in their 40s and 50s suffering from strokes has soared in recent years, a British charity said Tuesday, citing unhealthy, sedentary lifestyles as the principle cause. The Stroke Association said there had been an "alarming increase" in the number of working-age people having strokes, at a huge cost to Britain's health services and their families. The number of hospital admissions for strokes among 40 to 54-year-old men in England rose by 46 percent from 4,260 in 2000 to 6,221 in 2014. Overall, the number of strokes occurring in people of working age (20-64) has risen by a quarter within the past 15 years, the NHS figures show.

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