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Prevalence of Stroke and Stroke-Related Disability

Author(s) -

Torgeir Bruun Wyller

Publication year - 1998

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.29.4.866

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , population , prevalence , epidemiology , attendance , demography , physical therapy , gerontology , environmental health , mechanical engineering , engineering , sociology , economics , economic growth

To the Editor: Bonita and colleagues1 provide valuable information on the prevalence of stroke and the proportion with persisting sequelae. Their conclusions, drawn on the basis on an actuarial model, agree well with the results from a population-based survey from Nord-Trondelag County, Norway.2 This study comprised 74 977 persons, including permanent nursing home residents; the attendance rate was 88.1%. The raw prevalence rate of stroke was 1850 per 100 000 in the population aged ≥20 years and 960 per 100 000 when standardized to the entire European population. However, when the sensitivity and specificity of the screening question3 are taken into account, one may have to adjust the prevalence estimate downward to approximately 1100 per 100 000.4 In the Table⇓ …

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