Who is affected by brain bleeds (intracranial hemorrhage)?

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Who is affected by brain bleeds (intracranial hemorrhage)?

Various types of intracranial hemorrhages strike people of all ages. Although cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding anywhere inside the brain tissue itself) and hemorrhagic stroke (specifically, when a blood vessel breaks and bleeds into the brain) are most commonly associated with older adults, they can also occur in children (pediatric stroke).

A few stats

  • Cerebral hemorrhage accounts for about 13% of all strokes in the United States. It is the second leading cause of stroke. (The leading cause of stroke is a blood clot – thrombus – in an artery in the brain, which blocks the flow of blood and cuts off needed oxygen and nutrients to the brain.)
  • Ruptured brain aneurysms affect about 30,000 people in the United States each year.
  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are present in about 1% of the population, and about 2% of all hemorrhagic strokes are from an AVM each year.

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