Dr. Yang Bai-jia, attending physician in the rehabilitation clinic at Mackay Memorial Hospital, collected data on 3,582 stroke patients at the hospital from 2004 to 2006. Among them, those aged 46 and older comprise 94.1 %, and those aged 15-45 comprise 5.89 %. Analysis of the underlying causes highlights some distinct differences between younger victims and typical stroke patients.
馬偕醫院復健科醫師楊百嘉曾蒐集 2004 ~ 2006 年該院 3,582 位中風病患的圖像，其中 46 歲以上者占 94.1 %，15 ~ 45 歲占 5.89 %；進一步分析病因，發現年輕族群的發病型態和高齡組略有差異。