Strokes are
A) more likely to result from hemorrhage than from ischemia.
B) less likely to result from hemorrhage than from ischemia.
C) about equally likely to result from hemorrhage as from ischemia.
D) more likely to result from aneurysms than from embolisms.

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Ischemic strokes, caused by a blocked blood vessel in the brain, are the most common type and are more likely to occur than hemorrhagic strokes, caused by bleeding in the brain. Therefore, strokes are less likely to result from hemorrhage than from ischemia.

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