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Ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes are a global health crisis, leading to high death rates, disability, and economic burden. A forecast predicts that stroke deaths will increase by 50% and stroke-related disability will increase by 30% by 2050.
Ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes represent a global health crisis, resulting in the second highest number of deaths worldwide after cardiovascular disease, in profound disability, and in a huge economic burden. In a World Stroke Organization–Lancet Neurology Commission, Valery Feigin, Mayowa Owolabi, and coauthors forecast the stroke landscape into 2050 and outline pragmatic solutions to help combat the crisis.1 Their forecast predicts a 50% increase in global stroke deaths and about a 30% increase in stroke-associated disability.