Table 4 Death or dependency after 3 months according to stroke subgroup and type of hospital ward

Subgroup	Stroke units (n = 79 689)			Other wards (n = 25 354)
Subgroup	Total	Dead or dependency	Percentage	Total	Dead or dependency	Percentage
Age
18–64 years	11 819	2435	20.6	2857	896	31.4
65–74 years	15 945	5603	35.1	4326	1727	39.9
75–84 years	27 528	14 676	53.3	8919	5226	58.6
⩾85 years	13 959	10 497	75.2	5721	4613	80.6
Sex
Male	35 406	14 542	41.1	10 412	5241	50.3
Female	33 845	18 669	55.2	11 411	7221	63.3
Stroke subtype
Haemorrhagic	8206	4752	59.2	2871	2161	75.3
Ischaemic	58 989	27 260	46.2	16 535	8804	53.2
Unspecified	2236	1199	53.6	2417	1497	61.9
Level of consciousness
Conscious	56 851	22 679	39.9	16 071	7285	45.3
Reduced	8552	7110	83.1	3171	2774	87.5
Unconscious	3207	2985	93.1	2167	2086	96.3