engleski

Epidemiology of Stroke

Summary: In the paper is first presented the study of mortality caused by heart and blood vessels diseases in total, and by cerebrovascular diseases in men and women, aged 45-75 years ; in about 30 European countries. The study was performed by Sans and his collaborators in the period 1990-1992. Then follows the epidemiological analysis of general mortality rates for heart and blood vessels diseases, as well as for cerebrovascular diseases in Croatia in the period 1985-1999. Paiticularly stressed Is the fact that cerebrovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Croatia, with the rate of 20.9% of the total mortality of men and with the rate of 15.8% in the total mortality of women in 1999. After that is presented the analysis of age standardized mortality rates of cerebrovascular diseases for Croatia, for countries of Central and Eastem Europe, and for the whole Europe, for the age group of 0-64 years, and all ages together. ln the presentation of morbidity, heart and blood vessels diseases are analyzed as the leading cause of hospitalization in Croatia, where in the quarter of all cases the cause of hospitalization are cerebrovascular diseases. Cerebrovascular diseases registered in the general practice are described as well.

morbidity; mortality; cerebrovascular diseases; stroke

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