title: [Comparative analysis of epidemiology of the first stroke: results of the population register, Grodno, Belarus].
abstract: A comparative analysis of incidence, mortality, case-fatality and risk-factors in cases of the first stroke registered during the population-based study in Grodno, Belarus was performed. During 2001-2003 years 2069 cases of first-ever-in-a lifetime stroke (FELS) were registered among 311 134 Grodno residents. The incidence adjusted to the WHO World standard population was 220 per 100 000 population (95% CI, 210-231). The FELS incidence in Grodno is higher than in the most EU countries and is similar to that reported for Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk, Russia but higher than that reported from other low to middle income countries from all parts of the world. The 28-day case-fatality rate was 26,1% that is considerably higher compared to the most EU countries and the target level for 2015 (15%) which was set in the Helsingborg Declaration 2006. In comparison to other 2000-2008 FELS registers, prevalence rates of hypertension, smoking and previous myocardial infarction in the incident-stroke Grodno population are the highest than other reported. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation in the incident-stroke Grodno population is between the highest and the lowest ones reported in other studies.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kulesh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D055815:Young Adult