subject: Epidemiological important information about stroke disease in developing and developed countries [print this page] Epidemiological important information about stroke disease in developing and developed countries
As in developed countries, the incidence rate for stroke increased with increasing age and was higher in men than in women (Chen et al 1992; R Walker et al 2000; El Zunni and Ahmad 1995). Chen et al (1992) found that the incidence rate in China increased from two per 100,000 for people aged 25 to 34 years to 553 per 100,000 inhabitants for people aged 65 to 74 years. Similarly, in Libya the incidence rate increased from 14 per 100,000 inhabitants to 113 per 100,000 with increasing age. Chen et al (1992) also found that there was a significant difference in incidence rates between men and women, the incidence rate for men being higher: 219.7 per 100,000 and 160.5 per 100,000 for men and for women respectively.
