While some believe that personal living habits such as smoking, poor diet, and low physical activity contribute to medical emergencies, scientists have proven that air pollution is now considered a risk factor for stroke around the world. Many people do have strokes because of their bad habits, but not all. Only 74% of modifiable risk factors for stroke are traced back to behavioral attributes. This statistic proves that there is something else causing strokes to occur in patients that they have no control over.
Developing countries have the highest risk factor of air pollution for stroke. ⅕ people who have a stroke will live the rest of their lives with a disability that they did not do anything to deserve. Air pollution is