One in four M'sians may suffer a stroke by 2040 if no preventive action taken

KUALA LUMPUR: It is estimated that one in four Malaysians will suffer a stroke by 2040 if no preventive action is taken, according to the Global Burden of Disease Stroke Statistics Worldwide Survey in 2016.

Even more alarming is that stroke patients are getting younger, and one in four strokes now occur in people under the age of 50.