75 PERCENT MORE GALWAY WOMEN DYING FROM STROKE THAN MEN

Date Published: 09-Apr-2012

75% more women than men are dying from strokes in Galway according to new statistics

With National Stroke Week due to begin next Monday the Irish Heart Foundation is urging Galway women to be extra vigilant about stroke warning signs

The latest CSO figures show that in 2010 out of the 94 stroke related deaths in Galway 60 women died compared to 34 men

Nationally, the average stroke death rate for women was 50%, 25 per cent less than Galway's rate