The Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Stroke in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US: A Literature Review

Table 1

Studies reporting incidence of stroke (any type).

Country	Study	Time of data collection	Stroke type	Setting	Sample size	Crude incidence in cases per 100 000 per year (95% CI where reported)
						Male	Female	Total
France	Béjot et al. 2009 [9]	2000–2006	First ever stroke only	Regional: all inhabitants of the Dijon region (all ages)	152 606; (69 872 men; 82 734 women)	115.7 (106.3–125.6)	111.7 (103.2–120.7)	113.5 (107.2–120.1)
Germany	FHMS 2008 [10]	2008	All stroke	National: data from German hospitals on residents of Germany (all ages)Strokes classed as ICD-10 I60–I64	NR	346	354	350
Italy	Corso et al. 2009 [11]	2004-2005	All stroke	Regional: all inhabitants of the Valley of Aosta region (all ages)	123 748 (60 827 men; 62 921 women)	224 (186–261)	223 (186–260)	223 (197–249)
	Vega et al. 2009 [12]	2005	All stroke	Regional: inhabitants of the Castilla y Leon, Extremadura, and Coumunitat Valenciana regions (ages >14 years)	201 205	148 (124–172)	134; (112–157)	141; (125–158)
Spain	Alvaro et al. 2009 [13]	1998–2003	All stroke	National: incidence of hospitalisation for stroke, from the Spanish Ministry of Health Minimum Basic Data Set Office (data for all ages)	NR	NR	NR	160
	Fernández De Bobadilla et al. 2008 [14]	2004	All stroke	Incidence of hospital admissions for stroke for five centres, in patients aged >30 years	NR	NR	NR	220
UK	Rothwell et al. 2005 [15]	2002–2005	First ever stroke only	Regional: inhabitants of the Oxfordshire region (all ages)	91 106 (46 970 men; 44 136 women)	151	171	161
	BHF 2009 [16], Hippisley-Cox et al. 2004 [17]	2003	All stroke	National: data from GP practices across the UK (all ages)	NR	116	135	NR
US	No studies identified

BHF: British Heart Foundation, CI: confidence interval, FHMS: Federal Health Monitoring System, NR: not reported, UK: United Kingdom, US: United States. Sources: [9–17].