Stroke in developing countries: can the epidemic be stopped and outcomes improved?

According to WHO estimates, death from stroke in developing (low and middle-income) countries in 2001 accounted for 85·5% of stroke deaths worldwide, and the number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), which comprises years of life lost and years lived with disability, in these countries was almost seven times that in developed (high-income) countries. 1 Mathers CD Lopez AD Murray CJL The burden of disease and mortality by condition: data,...