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

Table 3

Studies reporting incidence of stroke subtypes and transient ischaemic attack.

Country	Study	Time of data collection	Stroke type (first stroke/any stroke)	Setting	Sample size	Gender	Crude incidence in cases per 100 000 per year; (95% CI where reported)
							Ischaemic stroke	Haemorrhagic stroke		Transient ischaemic attack
								Intracerebral	Subarachnoid
France	Béjot et al. 2009 [9]	2000–2006	First ever stroke only	All inhabitants of the Dijon region (all ages)	69 872	Male	100.0	13.7 (10.6–17.4)	1.6 (0.7–3.2)	NR
					82 734	Female	96.2	11.5 (8.9–14.6)	3.1 (1.9–5.0)	NR
					152 606	Total	97.9	12.5 (10.5–14.8)	2.4 (1.6–3.6)	NR
Germany	FHMS 2008 [10]	2008	All strokes	Data collected from German hospitals on residents of Germany (all ages)	NR	Male	263	44	11	120
						Female	271	39	16	139
						Total	267	41	14	130
Italy	Corso et al. 2009 [11]	2004-2005	All strokes	All inhabitants of the Valley of Aosta region (all ages)	60 827	Male	177 (144–211)	25 (13–38)	6 (1–13)	NR
					62 921	Female	174 (140–205)	22 (10–32)	7 (1–13)	NR
					123 748	Total	175 (152–199)	23 (15–32)	7 (2–11)	NR
Italy	Cesaroni et al. 2009 [24]	2001–2004	First ever stroke only	Inhabitants of Rome aged 35 years to 84 years	NR	Male	104	34		NR
						Female	81	28		NR
Spain	No studies identified
UK	Rothwell et al. 2005 [15]	2002–2005	First ever stroke only	Inhabitants of the Oxfordshire region (all ages)	46 970	Male	136 (117–156)	13 (8–2)	3 (2–10)	45 (34–57)
					44 136	Female	147 (127–169)	12 (7–20)	12 (7–20)	89 (74–107)
					91 106	Total	141 (127–156)	12 (9–17)	7 (4–11)	66 (57–77)
US	No studies identified

CI: confidence interval, FHMS: Federal Health Monitoring System, NR: not reported, UK: United Kingdom. Sources: [9–11, 15, 24].