Temporal trends in age-specific incidence of stroke
| Age groups | 1985–1993 | 1994–2002 | 2003–2011 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n At risk | Incidence (95% CI) | n | n At risk | Incidence (95% CI) | n | n at risk | Incidence (95% CI) | ||||
| <55 years | 117 | 1 006 847 | 11.6 | (9.6 to 13.9) | 131 | 1 032 843 | 12.7 | (10.6 to 15.1) | 205 | 1 012 349 | 20.2 | (17.6 to 23.2) |
| 55–64 years | 135 | 117 054 | 115 | (97 to 137) | 159 | 108 064 | 147 | (125 to 172) | 179 | 137 846 | 130 | (112 to 150) |
| 65–74 years | 288 | 96 403 | 299 | (265 to 335) | 322 | 98 089 | 328 | (293 to 366) | 308 | 90 333 | 341 | (304 to 381) |
| 75–84 years | 508 | 71 417 | 711 | (651 to 776) | 496 | 73 650 | 674 | (616 to 735) | 622 | 83 509 | 745 | (687 to 806) |
| 85+ years | 254 | 24 776 | 1025 | (903 to 1159) | 354 | 33 439 | 1059 | (951 to 1175) | 428 | 37 874 | 1130 | (1026 to 1242) |
| Total (European population) | 76.6 | (72.1 to 81.0) | 80.7 | (76.2 to 85.2) | 88.5 | (83.9 to 93.1) | ||||||
Incidence rates expressed as n/100 000/year.