Prevalence of Stroke: A Door-to-Door Survey in Three Sicilian Municipalities
作者:
Arturo Reggio,
Walter A. Rocca,
Francesco Patti,
Francesco Grigoletto,
Francesca Meneghini,
Letterio Morgante,
Giovanni Savettieri,
Giuseppe Salemi,
Salvo Cappello,
Raoul Di Perri,
期刊:
Neuroepidemiology
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 2
页码: 92-102
ISSN:0251-5350
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000109894
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Hemorrhagic stroke;Ischemic stroke;Sicily;stroke prevalence;Stroke;epidemiology
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
As part of a door-to-door survey, we screened for stroke among the inhabitants of three Sicilian municipalities (n = 24,496 as of November 1, 1987). Neurologists then investigated those subjects suspected to have had a stroke. Diagnoses of first-ever strokes were based on specified criteria and were reviewed by an adjudication panel. We found 189 subjects who had experienced at least one completed stroke (180 definite, 9 possible); 15 strokes were hemorrhagic, 71 ischemic, and 103 uncertain. The prevalence (cases/100,000) was 771.6 in the total population and 1,893.6 in those aged 40 years or over. The prevalence increased steeply with age, was higher in men between 60 and 79 years, but was higher in women thereafter. Age-specific figures were similar in the three study municipalities. Although all first-ever strokes had been previously diagnosed, 40% of the subjects had not been hospitalized for this condition.
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