European Stroke Conference. 21st Conference, Lisbon, May 2012: Abstract e-Book

Results: Median (mean) survival was 2.15 (3.69), 3.33 (4.70), 5.04 (5.64) years for White, Black Caribbean (BC) and Black African (BA) patients, respectively. Among 4212 patients with a first-ever stroke between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2010, 2605 (61.8%) had died (all causes) by 31 May 2011. Survival gradually improved over this 16-year period (P-value<0.0001). BC and BA had a reduced risk of death compared with white patients (hazard ratio (HR): 0.85(95% CI: 0.74, 0.98), HR: 0.61(0.49, 0.77), respectively) after adjustment for confounders. Age-stratified analyses showed this survival advantage of BC/BA over White only existed in patients over 65 years old (HR: 0.77(0.65,0.90), HR: 0.55(0.40,0.76), respectively). Recent stroke, being BC or BA and stroke unit admission were associated with better survival while risk factors prior to stroke such as myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, diabetes and smoking were associated with increased risk of death.