title: Assessment of short- and long-term outcomes of patients hospitalized with intracerebral hemorrhage.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess short- and long-term outcomes of patients hospitalized with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in South Carolina. Patients with a primary diagnosis of ICH (ICD-9-CM code 431) discharged during 2002 were identified in the South Carolina hospital discharge database. Kaplan-Meier estimates of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarct, vascular death, all-cause death, and composite events were calculated at 1 month, 6 months, and 1, 2, 3, and 4 years. Age- and race-specific survival curves were plotted. A total of 893 patients were discharged during 2002. Most were Caucasian (CA) (61.4%), followed by African American (AA) (37.4%). The mean age of patients in the AA group was 12 years younger than that of the CA group; of those in the AA group, 63.8% were < 65 years of age, and of those in the CA group, 27.4% were > 65 years of age. Kaplan-Meier estimates of cumulative risk increased with time over the 4-year period after discharge, and the risk of all-cause death was high (~40%-60%). Survival curves showed that the composite risk of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarct, or vascular death was higher for AA patients < 65 years of age compared to similarly aged CA patients, whereas the risk was higher for CA patients ≥65 years of age compared to similar age AA patients. The racial disparity in short- and long-term outcomes for ICH patients < 65 years of age in South Carolina highlights the need for improvements in stroke prevention, particularly among the AA population.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Stroke Division, Boston, USA. josephsimion@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chih-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult