Essay On Stroke

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing brain tissue to die. There are lots of signs and symptoms to look out for if an individual is having or going to have strokes. The symptoms are and not limited to, numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg especially on one side of the body, confusion, trouble speaking or understanding, trouble seeing in one or both eyes, trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, severe headache with no known cause. With out the proper knowledge and understanding, no one is going to recognize that these are the things to look out for before an individual has stroke.

In 2000 Stroke was ranked third in the leading cause of

death among males in the United States. In 2010, Stroke dropped to number five on the top ten cause of death among males in the United States. Stroke dropped all across all races that were surveyed. In the Hispanic, Black, White, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander community all witnessed a significant drop in the statistics ratio of how many people died from stroke in the year 2010 compare to that of 2000, which then lead to the drop in the overall rank of stroke overall in the United States among males.
In the African American society stroke was ranked number four out of the top ten causes of death among black males with the ratio of 5.5 percent in the year 2000.

By year 2010, stroke was still ranked number four, but the ratio dropped to 4.8 percent of death among black male. In the Hispanic, the different ratio of stroke as it partakes to the cause of death among males isn’t quite as great as that of the African American community, but it did drop. In the Hispanic community, stroke dropped from 4.8 percent in 2000 to 4.2 percent in 2010. In the White community stroked killed about 5.5 percent of the white male in 2000, but by 2010, the percentage dropped to 4.1. In the White community, stroke dropped from the rank of three to five among the top ten causes of death of males between the year 2000 and the year 2010. In the American Indian/Alaska Native community, stroke was ranked sixth with the ratio of 4.0 percent in the year 2000. In the year 2010, stroke dropped to the rank of eighth with a ratio of 3.0 percent. Last but not least, the Asian/Pacific Islander community also had stroke on their top list of cause of death among males of the community. Stroke was ranked third with a ratio of 8.2 percent in the year 2000 among their community, then in the year 2010, it was still ranked third but the ratio dropped to 6.6 percent of the overall death in their

community.
All these drops in ratio and ranks of stroke in the top ten causes of death among males of this country is my opinion is due to better awareness when it come to ones health. From the year 2000 to the year 2010, a lot has happened. 10 years of improvement in the health care system in the United State has lead to individuals to want to be aware of where they stand on the healthy scale. Individuals are more open and more enlightened about what to do and what signs to look out for so that they can go visit their doctor in time before the symptoms gets worst. Also people care more about their well being now compared to the year 2000 because by taking care of the body, one could live longer that the average. So individuals are more enlightened about how important it is to take care of one’s health and to look out for symptoms when it shows.