In China every year 2.5 million people are afflicted with stroke, the leading killer disease.Of these 1.5 million die and the rest find themselves with varying degrees of handicaps or paralysis.

• 脑卒中（中风）是中国第一号杀手，每年有250万人患此病，其中150万人会因脑卒中去世，幸存者也会有不同程度的残缺，甚至瘫痪。