Some epidemiological aspects of stroke: mortality/morbidity trends, age, sex, race, socioeconomic status.
Author(s) -
Baruch Modan,
D K Wagener
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.9.1230
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , stroke (engine) , demography , epidemiology , mortality rate , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , population , environmental health , surgery , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , sociology , engineering
The reasons for decreasing stroke mortality could be related to either decreasing incidence and/or improved prognosis. Thus far, secular trends of stroke have been analyzed either through mortality or morbidity data. This report examines both aspects simultaneously, on a nationwide basis, for the period 1968-1988.
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