Kid Cudi says he had a stroke at 32. Hailey Bieber was 25. How common are they? [View all]

Back in 2016, Kid Cudi wrote a heartfelt letter to his fans explaining that he needed help. The musician was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, so he checked himself into a rehabilitation facility.

"I am not at peace. I haven't been since you've known me. If I didn't come here, I would [have] done something to myself," he explained.

But another danger was lurking.

In a recently published interview with Esquire, the artist revealed that two weeks after entering rehab, he had a stroke and was subsequently hospitalized. It was a terrifying and traumatic event. It slowed his speech and movements so badly that his manager urged him to step away from music while he underwent weeks of physical therapy to recover.

He was 32 at the time.

While that's young, a February 2020 article in the journal Stroke suggests that between 10% and 15% of strokes occur in people ages 18 to 50. And rates among people under 45 appear to be on the rise. Recent research in the United States and Europe has found that "ischemic stroke in younger adults is increasing," according to the paper.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/22/1118582465/kid-cudi-stroke-at-32-hailey-bieber-was-25-how-common-ischemic-ministroke

I apparently had one in my early 50s. I thought it was just another migraine but it showed up later on an MRI I had for other reasons. No aftereffects, lucky me.