Drive at a speed of 20 miles per hour and make a quick, safe stop when the examiner instructs you to do so. Backing. Back your car for a distance of approximately 50 feet at a slow rate of speed as straight and as smoothly as possible. You must turn your head and look behind the vechicle at all times while backing.
Stroke Statistics. 1  Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death. In 2012, stroke was responsible for 6.7 million (12 percent) of deaths. 2  Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death in the U.S., behind heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and unintentional injuries. About 130,000 Americans die every year from stroke.
1 More than 140,000 people die each year from stroke in the United States. 2  Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. 3  Each year, approximately 795,000 people suffer a stroke. 4  About 600,000 of these are first attacks, and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. Stroke accounted for about one of every 17 deaths in the United States in 2006. 2  Stroke mortality for 2005 was 137,000. 3  From 1995â2005, the stroke death rate fell ~30 percent and the actual number of stroke deaths declined ~14 percent.