Statistics recently published reveal that people living in deprived areas are around three times more likely to die from a stroke than those in the least deprived.
The findings released by The Stroke Association and British Heart Foundation, show that death rates from stroke vary among areas of different social and economic conditions. The stroke mortality rate for men and women of working age (under 65) has fallen consistently since the late 1970s. The rate has fallen quicker in adults of higher social classes, resulting in an increase in inequalities in stroke death rates. For premature mortality, the rate in the most deprived twentieth of England and Wales is over three and a half times higher for men, and over two and a half times higher for women. However, it is not just people from lower income households who are at risk of stroke. This document shows that people in managerial and professional jobs are more likely to binge drink and drink alcohol on five or more days a week. People who regularly consume a large amount of alcohol have a three-fold risk of stroke.
