Time Trends in Incidence and Case Fatality of Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
Anne Merete Vangen-Lønne,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Stein Harald Johnsen,
Maria Carlsson,
Ellisiv B. Mathiesen
Publication year - 2015
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/strokeaha.114.008387
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , case fatality rate , epidemiology , emergency medicine , cardiology , pediatrics , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Ischemic stroke incidence has declined in industrialized countries the last decades, with possible exception for the youngest age groups. We estimated age- and sex-specific trends in incidence and case fatality of first-ever ischemic stroke between 1977 and 2010 in a Norwegian municipality.
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