ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Stroke has a high burden of disability and
mortality. The aim here was to evaluate epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis for stroke in …

Data linking low socioeconomic status and stroke survival in developing countries are
scarce (1, 2). We evaluated formal education and one-year survival in the Stroke Mortality …

Case fatality rate is considered a main determinant of stroke mortality trends. We applied the
World Health Organization's Stroke STEPS to identify case fatality rates in a community …

Background: Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of
physical disability in the world, with a high burden of morbidity and mortality, but it has been …

Background Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability around the world.
Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate the age-and sex-specific mortality rates …

Background There is little information available on stroke epidemiology in the northeast of
Brazil. Objective Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of the stroke subtypes …

Background Stroke is the second leading cause of death in Brazil. The social and financial
burden of stroke is remarkable; however, the epidemiological profile remains poorly …

INTRODUCTION: The relationship between socioeconomic status and incidence or stroke
mortality rates is well established. The evidence of an association between this variable and …

Background: Studying stroke rates in a whole community is a rational way to assess the
quality of patient care and primary prevention. However, there are few studies of trends in …

Background Few studies have examined both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke to identify
prognostic factors associated to long-term stroke survival. We investigated long-term survival …