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To determine the incidence rates and short-term survival outcomes for stroke and transient ischemic attacks in a representative community population.

December 1, 1988StrokeOpen Access

Incidence and outcome of cerebrovascular disease in Perth, Western Australia.

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To determine the incidence rates and short-term survival outcomes for stroke and transient ischemic attacks in a representative community population.
Conducted a 10-month prospective community-based epidemiologic study in 1986 across a representative urban population.
Assessed 349 individuals presenting with acute symptoms, identifying 154 first-ever strokes, 75 recurrent strokes, and 47 transient ischemic attacks.
Annual age-standardized event rates for first stroke were 120 per 100,000 for males and 56 per 100,000 for females.
The crude 28-day case-fatality ratio following a first stroke was 23% overall, ranging from 0% for lacunar infarction to 57% for subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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Prospective epidemiologic study reveals substantial sex differences in stroke incidence and subtype-dependent mortality, highlighting diverse clinical risks among acute cerebrovascular events.

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Ward et al. (1988) studied this question.

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Prospective epidemiologic study reveals substantial sex differences in stroke incidence and subtype-dependent mortality, highlighting diverse clinical risks among acute cerebrovascular events.

Incidence and outcome of cerebrovascular disease in Perth, Western Australia.

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