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| Stroke incidence and risk factors in a population-based prospective cohort study | | Author(s) | Kevin Carroll, Azeem Majeed |
| Journal title | Health Statistics Quarterly, no 12, Winter 2001 |
| Pages | pp 18-26 |
| Keywords | Stroke ; At risk ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | Stroke is one of the most important causes of ill-health, disability and death in developed countries. Mortality from stroke has been steadily declining since the 1970s, and there is a need for other measures of the burden of disease associated with stroke, such as incidence rates. The authors used data from the Fourth National Morbidity Survey to estimate the incidence of first ever and recurrent strokes occurring in England and Wales. They also examined the association between known risk factors and the incidence of first ever and recurrent strokes. More than 80% of strokes occurred in people aged 65+. They estimated that in 1999, there were about 87,700 people with a first ever stroke and 53,700 with a recurrent stroke. The strongest associations with first ever strokes were with previous transient ischaemic attack, increasing age, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension and smoking. For recurrent stroke, the statistically significant associations were with previous stroke, transient ischaemic attack, hypertension, increasing age, and diabetes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011127208 A |
| Classmark | CQA: CA3: 6C |
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