Trends in Stroke Incidence and Acute Case Fatality in a Japanese Rural Area
Author(s) -
Yuko Morikawa,
Hideaki Nakagawa,
Yuchi Naruse,
Muneko Nishijo,
Katsuyuki Miura,
Masaji Tabata,
Wataru Hirokawa,
Sadanobu Kagamimori,
Machiko Honda,
Katsushi Yoshita,
Koich Hayashi
Publication year - 2000
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.31.7.1583
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , acute stroke , epidemiology , demography , pediatrics , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , sociology , optics , engineering , tissue plasminogen activator
Stroke mortality in Japan has significantly declined during recent decades. To determine the cause of this decrease, we studied the trends in stroke incidence and case fatality within 28 days after stroke in a rural area in Japan.
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