作者
Richard W Walker, Ahmed Jusabani, Eric Aris, William K Gray, David Whiting, Gregory Kabadi, Ferdinand Mugusi, Mark Swai, George Alberti, Nigel Unwin
发表日期
2011/9/1
期刊
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
卷号
82
期号
9
页码范围
1001-1005
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Background and purpose
To establish post-stroke case fatality rates within a community based incident stroke population in rural Tanzania.
Methods
Incident stroke cases were identified by the Tanzanian Stroke Incidence Project and followed-up over the next 3–6 years. In order to provide a more complete picture, verbal autopsy (VA) was also used to identify all stroke deaths occurring within the same community and time period, and a date of stroke was identified by interview with a relative or friend.
Results
Over 3 years, the Tanzanian Stroke Incidence Project identified 130 cases of incident stroke, of which 31 (23.8%, 95% CI 16.5 to 31.2) died within 28 days and 78 (60.0%, 95% CI 51.6 to 68.4) within 3 years of incident stroke. Over the same time period, an additional 223 deaths from stroke were identified by VA; 64 (28.7%, 95% CI 20.9 to 36.5) had died within 28 days of stroke and 188 (84.3%, 95% CI 78.1 …
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