PARIS: Ever younger people are suffering strokes, according to two studies published on Thursday that warned death, disability and illness from strokes could double by 2030, partly due to unhealthy lifestyles.

There had been a 25 percent increase in the number of strokes among those aged between 20 and 64 over the past 20 years—now making up 31 percent of the total compared to 25 percent before 1990, said the studies in The Lancet medical journal.

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