Table 2 Death during the whole follow-up period according to stroke subgroup and type of hospital ward

Subgroup	Stroke units (n = 79 689)				Other wards (n = 25 354)
Subgroup	Total	Dead	PY	Deaths/1000 PY	Total	Dead	PY	Deaths/1000 PY
Age
18–64 years	14 068	1555	45 012	34.5	3428	797	10 158	78.5
65–74 years	18 029	4462	52 684	84.6	4962	1666	13 892	119.9
75–84 years	31 517	14 255	75 001	190.1	10 308	5596	22 844	245.0
⩾85 years	16 075	10 959	25 695	426.5	6656	4987	9573	520.9
Sex
Male	40 668	14 804	105 036	140.9	12 043	5871	27 755	211.5
Female	39 021	16 427	93 356	176.0	13 311	7175	28 711	249.9
Stroke subtype
Haemorrhagic	9265	4062	20 992	193.5	3232	2069	5248	394.2
Ischaemic	67 823	25 877	171 596	150.8	19 288	9390	45 855	204.8
Unspecified	2601	1292	5804	222.6	2834	1587	5364	295.7
Level of consciousness
Conscious	65 682	21 661	178 051	121.7	18 932	7888	49 911	158.0
Reduced	9783	6277	15 964	393.2	3629	2746	4532	605.9
Unconscious	3441	2894	2603	1111.8	2252	2043	1027	1989.3

PY, person-years.