Table 2

Age- and sex-specific annual incidence rates of first-ever ischemic stroke per 100,000 population of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, 2003.

Age (years)
Men
Women
Total



Events/at risk
Rate (95% CI)
Events/at risk
Rate (95% CI)
Events/at risk
Rate (95% CI)

< 45
3/35418
8 (0–18)
0/32375
-
3/67793
4 (0–9)
45–49
2/3350
60 (6–214)
1/3488
29 (6–165)
3/6838
44 (0–93)
50–54
7/3815
183 (79–372)
2/4339
46 (0–110)
9/8154
110 (38–182)
55–59
6/4184
143 (29–258)
1/4369
23 (0–68)
7/8553
82 (21–142)
60–64
13/3444
377 (201–641)
4/3197
125 (30–323)
17/6641
256 (134–378)
65–69
6/3071
195 (67–421)
8/3081
260 (116–507)
14/6152
228 (108–347)
70–74
17/2123
801 (470–1280)
11/2438
451 (226–812)
28/4561
614 (387–841)
75–79
13/1376
945 (507–1610)
17/2034
836 (482–1340)
30/3410
880 (592–1250)
80–84
9/770
1170 (531–2200)
15/1392
1080 (604–1780)
24/2162
1110 (714–1640)
≥ 85
6/539
1110 (409–2410)
18/1380
1300 (775–2060)
24/1919
1250 (800–1850)

Row/Crude
82/58090
141 (111–172)
77/58093
133 (103–162)
159/116183
137 (116–158)
Standardised (Europe)

165 (128–201)

115 (89–140)

139 (118–161)

CI = Confidence Interval

Alzamora et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-5