| Subgroup | Stroke units (n = 79 689) | Other wards (n = 25 354) | ||||
| Total | Dead or institutional | Percentage | Total | Dead or institutional | Percentage | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–64 years | 14 068 | 1552 | 11.0 | 3428 | 751 | 21.9 |
| 65–74 years | 18 029 | 3376 | 18.7 | 4962 | 1270 | 25.6 |
| 75–84 years | 31 517 | 10 405 | 33.0 | 10 308 | 4030 | 39.1 |
| ⩾85 years | 16 075 | 8616 | 53.6 | 6656 | 3923 | 58.9 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 40 668 | 10 418 | 25.6 | 12 043 | 4222 | 35.1 |
| Female | 39 021 | 13 531 | 34.7 | 13 311 | 5752 | 43.2 |
| Stroke subtype | ||||||
| Haemorrhagic | 9265 | 3818 | 41.2 | 3232 | 1938 | 60.0 |
| Ischaemic | 67 823 | 19 168 | 28.3 | 19 288 | 6781 | 35.2 |
| Unspecified | 2601 | 963 | 37.0 | 2834 | 1255 | 44.3 |
| Level of consciousness | ||||||
| Conscious | 65 682 | 14 542 | 22.1 | 18 932 | 5107 | 27.0 |
| Reduced | 9783 | 6186 | 63.2 | 3629 | 2535 | 69.9 |
| Unconscious | 3441 | 2869 | 83.4 | 2252 | 2050 | 91.0 |