@benroyce@mastodon.social @admin@mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com @PizzaDemon@mastodon.online @infobeautiful@vis.social @ourworldindata@vis.social strokes are due to blood clots forming and migrating to the brain where the circulatory system becomes to small to pass them so the parts of the brain where the obstruction occurs are starved of oxygen. Yes strokes occur more commonly in people with high blood pressure but not exclusively. "High blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for stroke. It plays a part in about half of all strokes." https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/managing-risk/high-blood-pressure