Table 3

Annual incidence rate cerebral infarction and adjusted annual incidence rate ischaemic stroke.
Study
 Oxford Community Stroke Project
 MONICA
 Perth Community Stroke Study
 ARIC
 INNHERRED
 ERLANGEN
 L'AQUILA
 South London Stroke Register
 Oxford Vascular Study
 ISISCOG
Year
 1981–84
 1985–87
 1989–90
 1987–95
 1994–96
 1994–96
 1994–98
 1995–98
 2002–04
 2003
Place
 UK
 Europe & China
 Australia
 USA
 Norway
 Germany
 Italy
 UK
 UK
 Spain
n (population)
 86,487
 2,900,000
 138,704
 15,792
 70,000
 101,450
 297,838
 234,533
 90,542
 116,202
Age (years)
 No age restriction
 35–64
 No age restriction
 45–64
 ≥ 15
 No age restriction
 No age restriction
 -
 No age restriction
 No age restriction
Mean Age (years)
 67.4
 -
 72.7
 -
 -
 -
 74.8
 71.7
 74.1
 74
Overall Stroke (for 100,000)
 227
 101–285 men 47–198 women
 258-
 -
 312 285 men 338 women-
 -
 275
 -
 162
 -
Incidence rate cerebral infarction (for 100,000)
 193
 -
 178 189 men 166 women-
 -
 232
 119 men 154 women
 221 men 220 women
 -
 142
 137 141 men 133 women
Adjusted Incidence rate ischemic stroke (for 100,000)
 -
 -
 World 132 men 77 women
 180 women
 -
 European 134
 European 228
 European128 World 83
 -
 European 139 World 65
CT based diagnoses (%)
 98
 -
 -
 CT scan: 84 MRI: 27
 87.5
 95
 89
 CT/MRI: 88.3
 -
 100
30 day case fatality (%)
 17.8
 30
 22
 7.6
 19.2
 19.4
 25.6
 25.7
 17.2
 -
90 day case fatality (%)
 .
 -
 -
 -
 -
 28.5
 -
 32.9
 -
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Alzamora et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-5