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Michigan Heart Disease & Stroke Information - Michigan Health Center |
 | | According to a February 2003 CDC publication entitled Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in the United States, a total of 44,079 people (26,806 women and 17,273 men) ages 35 and older died from stroke during 19911998 in Michigan. |
 | | Heart disease and stroke are, respectively, the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. |
 | | The specific abilities that will be lost or affected by the stroke depend on the extent of the cell death and where in the brain the stroke happened. |
| www.michiganstartpages.com /michigan/health/heart.htm (438 words) |
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