title: Event, incidence, and fatality rates of cerebrovascular diseases in Enköping-Håbo, Sweden, 1986-1988.
abstract: In order to study the need for medical care among elderly stroke patients, a prospective registration of cerebrovascular diseases started on January 1, 1986 in Enköping-Håbo health service district, Sweden. This article reports the design of the stroke register and the registration procedures, the annual events of stroke, both first-ever and recurrent, during 1986-1988 and the fatality rate with special regard to the very old population. The annual incidence of first-ever stroke was 0.33/1,000 among persons younger than 65 years of age, 10.6/1,000 among persons aged 65-84 years, and 34.5/1,000 among persons aged 85 years and older. The fatality rate of first-ever strokes was 7.5% within one month for persons younger than 65 years of age, 20.3% in the age-group 65-84 years, and 41% for the population 85 years and older. These results are compared with a similar Swedish study from Söderhamn and four comparable international studies. The results from this study gave a basis for designing special care programs in hospital and in home-care also for old stroke patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Enköping Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Asberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parrow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012042:Registries; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed