Community-Based Stroke Incidence Trends From the 1970s Through the 1980s in East Germany
| Autor: | Elvira Claßen, Dorothea Eisenblätter, Lothar Heinemann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male Sex Differentiation World Health Organization World health Sex Factors Age groups medicine Humans Registries Risk factor Stroke Who monica Aged Demography Advanced and Specialized Nursing Community based business.industry Incidence Age Factors Middle Aged medicine.disease Cerebrovascular Disorders Female Germany East Neurology (clinical) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Stroke incidence business Developed country |
| Zdroj: | Stroke. 26:919-923 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4628 0039-2499 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/01.str.26.6.919 |
| Popis: | Background and Purpose Stroke mortality has declined in most industrialized countries, but incidence rates have increased in some populations while they remained stable or even decreased in others. This study reports stroke incidence trends in East Germany over the past decades. Methods Prospective community-based stroke registers were run in East Germany over two different time periods: 1972 through 1973 in the Berlin-Lichtenberg district and 1985 through 1988 in 14 districts in the central and southern part of the country. Stroke cases were collected and validated in a uniform way using both the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for community stroke registers and the guidelines of the WHO MONICA protocol. Results Annual age-adjusted incidence rates of first-ever strokes rose among men aged 25 to 64 years from 48.4 per 100 000 in 1972 through 1973 to 88.0 per 100 000 in 1985 through 1988 ( P P Conclusions An increase in stroke incidence was detected that can be associated with a deteriorating risk factor profile in the East German population and, in particular, with hypertension in men. |
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