Global stroke rate rises 72% amid heat and air pollution

New Delhi: The graph of the number of strokes and related deaths has gone up worldwide in recent time. This happened due to an increase in air pollution in the atmosphere along with high temperatures and risk factors like high blood pressure and zero physical activity, as per the study of the ‘Lancet Neurology journal’.

According to researchers, the impact of high temperatures is adverse on health and is responsible for early deaths from stroke. It has gone up by 72% since 1990, and its percentage is likely to increase in the coming years. This highlights the role of environmental factors in the growing stroke problem.

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Researchers believe that deaths related to strokes are likely to increase further in the coming future. Air pollution has been playing a key in deteriorating the health of a common man, which leads to stroke as well.

For the first time, particulate matter or PM air pollution was found to have the same risk as smoking when it comes to causing a dangerous type of brain bleed, according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. The GBD study, the “largest and most comprehensive” research on health loss over time and across regions, is led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, US.