Table 1

Characteristics of stroke subjects with 1-year case-fatality by year and gender

Year	Strokes	Age (years)		Coronary heart disease		Hypertension			1-year case-fatality		Standardised case-death ratios
Year	N	Mean	SD	n	%	n	%	Deaths	%	95% CI	Standardised case-death ratios
Female
1997	1730	76.7	13.40	348	20.12	692	40.00	700	41.16	38.86 to 43.55	122 (113 to 131)
1998	1893	76.5	14.22	391	20.66	781	41.26	709	37.93	35.77 to 40.18	111 (103 to 119)
1999	2061	76.7	13.55	406	19.70	864	41.92	755	37.24	35.17 to 39.40	108 (101 to 116)
2000	2101	76.3	14.35	436	20.75	974	46.36	690	33.45	31.45 to 35.54	98 (91 to 105)
2001	2306	75.8	14.92	524	22.72	1100	47.70	726	32.16	30.27 to 34.14	95 (88 to 102)
2002	2371	75.4	14.83	490	20.67	1142	48.17	748	31.99	30.14 to 33.93	97 (90 to 104)
2003	2383	75.0	14.80	484	20.31	1196	50.19	727	30.85	29.02 to 32.76	96 (89 to 103)
2004	2212	74.8	15.54	437	19.76	1162	52.53	639	29.29	27.43 to 31.26	90 (83 to 97)
2005	2086	75.1	14.88	399	19.13	1175	56.33	602	29.24	27.33 to 31.26	89 (82 to 96)
p Value		<0.001			0.519		<0.001		<0.001
Male
1997	1424	70.9	13.56	388	27.25	523	36.73	409	29.16	26.86 to 31.62	114 (103 to 125)
1998	1610	71.3	13.46	405	25.16	613	38.07	458	28.81	26.65 to 31.11	112 (102 to 122)
1999	1683	70.3	13.93	400	23.77	655	38.92	443	26.75	24.68 to 28.95	106 (96 to 116)
2000	1760	70.9	13.58	483	27.44	729	41.42	453	26.14	24.13 to 28.28	102 (93 to 112)
2001	1976	70.6	13.66	535	27.07	815	41.24	478	24.59	22.74 to 26.58	97 (89 to 106)
2002	2109	71.0	13.88	549	26.03	919	43.58	501	24.09	22.30 to 25.99	94 (86 to 102)
2003	2122	70.6	13.97	543	25.59	971	45.76	534	25.50	23.69 to 27.43	102 (94 to 111)
2004	2043	70.2	14.59	515	25.21	913	44.69	452	22.38	20.62 to 24.27	89 (81 to 98)
2005	1825	69.6	14.82	424	23.23	868	47.56	399	22.17	20.31 to 24.16	89 (80 to 98)
p value		0.036			0.261		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001