Open AccessStroke Incidence on the East Coast of Australia
Author(s) -
Amanda G. Thrift,
Helen M. Dewey,
Richard Macdonell,
John J. McNeil,
Geoffrey A. Donnan
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.31.9.2087
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , stroke (engine) , case fatality rate , demography , population , epidemiology , mortality rate , public health , surgery , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , nursing , sociology , optics , engineering
Community-based stroke incidence studies are the most accurate way of explaining mortality trends and developing public health policy. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of stroke in a geographically defined region of Melbourne, Australia.
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