Stroke leading cause of death in the US. Nutrition associated with stroke.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention Report has released a report specifying leading causes of death in the United States. Stroke has dropped from it’s fourth place ranking to fifth switching positions with unintentional injuries which killed 1, 579 more people than stroke in 2013.

The stroke rate of 36.2 percent for the 2013 year is still listed as a leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability. Heart disease remains as the number one cause of death in the United States, followed by cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease.

“The fact that the death rate is declining from …read more