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The impact of stroke
Abstract
The socio-economic impact of stroke is considerable world-wide. Stroke is assuming an increasing impact in terms of media attention, patient and career knowledge, service developments and research. It is estimated that there are 4.5 million deaths a year from stroke in the world and over 9 million stroke survivors. Almost one in four men and nearly one in five women aged 45 years can expect to have a stroke if they live to their 85th year. The overall incidence rate of stroke is around 2-2.5 per thousand population. The risk of recurrence over 5 years is 15-40%. It is estimated that by 2023 there will be an absolute increase in the number of patients experiencing a first ever stroke of about 30% compared with 1983. There is a total prevalence rate of around 5 per thousand population. One year after a stroke, 65% of survivors are functionally independent, stroke comprising the major cause of adult disability.
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- Authors
- Wolfe, C. D. A.
- Venue
- British Medical Bulletin
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 275-286
- ISSN
- 0007-1420 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-8391
- OpenAlex
- W2138038313
- Cited by
- 455
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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