Stroke Incidence in Victoria, Australia-Emerging Improvements

Frontiers in Neurology
Benjamin B ClissoldJohn McNeil

Abstract

Evidence of a decline in the incidence of stroke has emerged from population-based studies. These have included retrospective and prospective cohorts. However, in Australia and other countries, government bodies and stroke foundations predict a rise in the prevalence of stroke that is anticipated to increase the burden of stroke across the entire domain of care. This increase in prevalence must be viewed as different from the decline in incidence being observed, a measure of new stroke cases. In Victoria, all public emergency department visits and public and private hospital admissions are reported to the Department of Health and Human Services and include demographic, diagnostic, and procedural/treatment information. We obtained data from financial years 1997/1998 to 2007/2008 inclusive, for all cases with a primary stroke diagnosis (ICD-10-AM categories) with associated data fields. Incident cases were established by using a 5-year clearance period. From 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 inclusive, there were 53,425 patients with a primary stroke or TIA diagnosis. The crude incident stroke rate for first ever stroke was 211 per 100,000 per year (95% CI 205-217) [females-205 per 100,000 per year (95% CI 196-214) and males-217 per 100,000...Continue Reading

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Apr 7, 2020·International Journal of Stroke : Official Journal of the International Stroke Society·Luke P DawsonUNKNOWN Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) Investigators, CCRE Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne Victoria, Australia

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