Table 5. Estimated annual incidence of stroke and number of strokes that could potentially be prevented annually in the UK.

Age Band	Number of Strokes per Year in UK		Estimated Number of Strokes That Could Be Prevented in UK
	Male	Female	Male	Female
<35 y	0	0	0	0
35–44 y	1,469	896	50	30
45–54 y	2,453	1,097	184	46
55–64 y	6,712	4,413	784	256
65–74 y	18,817	12,744	2,426	1,063
75–84 y	14,656	20,001	1,288	1,931
≥85 y	9,747	16,677	1,237	2,529