when I started and that this was such a common problem that it was something that could really get excited about trying to make a difference so let's look at a little bit of the prognosis after stroke as I mentioned stroke is not a major problem in terms of given individual who's having a stroke is relatively unlikely to die from it even though it's the fourth leading cause of death it's only about a 15 percent chance that you'll die from the stroke the type of strokes that are most likely to cause mortality are the bleeding type