Data from the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region show that stroke rates among adults aged 20 to 54 nearly doubled between 1993 and 2020, rising from 33.9 to 62.2 cases per 100,000 person-years. This increase was driven almost entirely by ischemic strokes, which occur when a blood vessel supplying the brain becomes blocked. While 30-day survival rates improved slightly during the same period, more younger people are now left to manage lasting neurological damage.
The study observed an increase in known risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, and substance use—particularly marijuana—among stroke patients over the decades. However, because researchers lacked a control group of healthy peers, the data cannot establish a direct causal link between these rising risk factors and the increase in strokes. It remains a troubling epidemiological shift without a definitive explanation.
more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261014015459.htm
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