title: [Hospital discharges due to stroke in the period 2001-2010 in a southern Chilean region].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stroke is the most common specific cause of death in Chile since 2008, representing roughly 10% of total deaths in the country.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze hospital discharges with a diagnosis of stroke in the period 2001-2010 in a regional Chilean health service.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of hospital discharge databases of the department of statistics and health information (DEIS) of the Chilean Ministry of Health for the years 2001-2010. All subjects aged over 15 years and discharged with a diagnosis of stroke during the period 2001-2010 in a southern Chilean region, were included in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the period, 6,548 hospital discharges due to stroke were registered. The most common diagnoses were ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, followed by intracranial hemorrhage. Hospital stay fluctuated between one and ten days in 77% of patients. The incidence rate of stroke as a discharge diagnosis was 961.3 per 100,000 population per year (95% Confidence intervals 950.7- 972.4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The information collected allows updating the information regarding hospital discharges due to stroke in the region studied.
authors.forename: Arlette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doussoulin
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sabelle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*