Deaths from COPD: 124,181 annual deaths; 5.2% of deaths (CDC/1999). Deaths from types of COPD: for details see deaths from types of COPD analysis; summary of available deaths by type data: 1  Chronic bronchitis: 1,172 deaths (NHLBI 1999)  Pulmonary emphysema: 17,787 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
After a stroke, you could experience neurological and circulatory complications. Common complications related to these systems include brain swelling, headaches, dizziness, seizures and blood clots in the legs.
That's a good question. A stroke is what we call the death of small portions of brain tissue due to an interruption of oxygen delivery. Common causes of stroke include a blood clot (which prevents the flow of oxygen-rich blood to an area of the brain) or a hemorrhage (basically a burst blood vessel in the brain). Usually, the symptoms of stroke, such as weakness, only affect one side of the body, not both. So, if your question is can stroke cause weakness in both legs and nothing else, then the answer is probably not because a stroke doesn't usually affect both sides of the body at the same time.