[Descriptive epidemiology of transitory ischemic attack: a study in Muro d'Alcoi].
A door-to-door survey of transient ischemic attack was conducted in Muro de Alcoi using a randomized sample. We randomly choose 646 people of the 4.525 included in the census. The prevalence ratio found for TIA and stroke were 12.3 per 1,000 people (95% CI 3.9-20.7). The age-specific prevalence rates for male and for women were 12.4 per 1,000 (95% CI 0.3-24.5) and 12.3 per 1,000 (95% CI 0.4-24.2) respectively. The work suggests that methodology of ascertainment strongly influences in the obtained rates, and reinforces the data of our previous whole population work in the same area.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
Epidemiología descriptiva del accidente isquémico transitorio: estudio en Muro d'Alcoi.