Annual incidence rates (95% CI) for stroke by subtype and ethnic group, adjusted for age to standard European population/1000 (1995–8)
Type of stroke | White | Black | Overall |
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Note: four patients have unknown ethnicity. | |||
n | 151 | 31 | 182 |
TACI | 0.17 (0.14 to 0.20) | 0.45 (0.26 to 0.65) | 0.18 (0.16 to 0.21) |
n | 204 | 36 | 240 |
PACI | 0.23 (0.19 to 0.26) | 0.54 (0.29 to 0.79) | 0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) |
n | 117 | 17 | 134 |
POCI | 0.14 (0.11 to 0.16) | 0.18 (0.09 to 0.27) | 0.14 (0.11 to 0.16) |
n | 224 | 48 | 272 |
LACI | 0.26 (0.22 to 0.30) | 0.69 (0.43 to 0.96) | 0.28 (0.24 to 0.31) |
n | 696 | 132 | 828 |
Cerebral infarction | 0.79 (0.73 to 0.86) | 1.87 (1.45 to 2.29) | 0.84 (0.78 to 0.89) |
n | 114 | 37 | 151 |
Primary intracerebral haemorrhage | 0.13 (0.11 to 0.16) | 0.40 (0.23 to 0.58) | 0.16 (0.13 to 0.19) |
n | 52 | 22 | 74 |
Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 0.08 (0.05 to 0.10) | 0.18 (0.04 to 0.31) | 0.08 (0.06 to 0.10) |
n | 132 | 12 | 144 |
Unclassified | 0.13 (0.11 to 0.16) | 0.20 (0.06 to 0.37) | 0.14 (0.11 to 0.16) |