Strokes still most commonly afflict older people, but with growing stress in the modern work world and diets based on processed foods and large quantities of oil, sugar, and salt, they have increasingly been hitting the middle-aged. (Taichung Mayor Jason Hu and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu have both had mild strokes).
值得注意的是，中風雖好發於老年人，但因現代人工作壓力大、飲食習慣又偏向精緻化的高油、高糖、高鹽，已有逐漸侵襲中壯年（台中市長胡志強和高雄市長陳菊都曾小中風，藝人趙舜曾 3 度中風）、甚至吹向「30 世代」的現象。