Background Data on stroke epidemiology and availability of hospital-based stroke services
around the world are important for guiding policy decisions and healthcare planning. Aims …

Importance Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured intracranial aneurysms is a
subset of stroke with high fatality and morbidity. Better understanding of a change in …

Despite major improvements in primary prevention and acute treatment over the last
decades, stroke is still a devastating disease. At the beginning of the 21st century, the age …

Background Up to date data on incidence, mortality, and case-fatality for stroke are important
for setting the agenda for prevention and healthcare. Aims and/or hypothesis We aim to …

Ischaemic stroke at young age is an increasing problem in both developing and developed
countries due to rising incidence, high morbidity and mortality and long-term psychological …

Because of the growing size and aging of the world's population, the global burden of stroke
is increasing dramatically. Current epidemiological data indicate that 16.9 million people …

This systematic review of population-based studies of the incidence and early (21 days to 1
month) case fatality of stroke is based on studies published from 1970 to 2008. Stroke …

Background In a systematic review, published in 1997, we found that the case fatality of
aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) decreased during the period 1960–95 …

Background and Purpose—Epidemiological studies, mainly based on Western European
surveys, have shown that stroke is more common in men than in women. In recent years, sex …

Background and aim: To update our 1996 review on the incidence of subarachnoid
haemorrhage (SAH) and assess the relation of incidence with region, age, gender and time …