Research Article
Comparison of Provision of Stroke Care in Younger and Older Patients: Findings from the South London Stroke Register
Table 1
Patient characteristics by age group.
| | Patient characteristics, () | Total () | 18–54 years () | 55–64 years () | 65≥ years () | value |
| | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 2125 (50.2) | 379 (58.5) | 455 (67.8) | 1291 (44.4) | <0.001 | | Female | 2104 (49.8) | 269 (41.5) | 216 (32.2) | 1619 (55.6) | | Ethnic group | | | | | | | White | 3021 (73.3) | 320 (51.4) | 434 (66.2) | 2267 (79.7) | <0.001 | | Black | 861 (20.9) | 245 (39.3) | 163 (24.9) | 453 (15.9) | | Other | 241 (5.9) | 58 (9.3) | 59 (9.0) | 124 (4.4) | | Socioeconomic status | | | | | | | Manual | 1996 (47.2) | 243 (37.5) | 352 (52.5) | 1401 (48.1) | <0.001 | | Nonmanual | 929 (22.0) | 179 (27.6) | 137 (20.4) | 613 (21.1) | | Unknown | 1304 (30.8) | 226 (34.9) | 182 (27.1) | 896 (30.8) | | Employment status prior to stroke | | | | | | | Full time employed | 541 (12.8) | 293 (45.2) | 187 (27.9) | 61 (2.1) | <0.001 | | Part time employed | 100 (2.4) | 32 (4.9) | 25 (3.7) | 43 (1.5) | | Unemployed and looking for work | 132 (3.1) | 85 (13.1) | 44 (6.6) | 3 (0.1) | | Unable to work due to ill health | 217 (5.1) | 90 (13.9) | 103 (15.4) | 24 (0.8) | | Carer for family/dependents | 87 (2.1) | 37 (5.7) | 22 (3.3) | 28 (1.0) | | Retired | 2905 (68.7) | 22 (3.4) | 215 (32.0) | 2668 (91.7) | | Unknown | 244 (5.8) | 89 (13.3) | 75 (11.2) | 83 (2.9) | | Stroke subtype | | | | | | | Infarction | 3145 (74.4) | 365 (56.3) | 515 (76.8) | 2265 (77.8) | <0.001 | | PICH | 540 (12.8) | 128 (19.8) | 84 (12.5) | 328 (11.3) | | SAH | 212 (5.0) | 122 (18.8) | 34 (5.1) | 56 (1.9) | | Undefined | 332 (7.9) | 33 (5.1) | 38 (5.7) | 261 (9.0) | | Glasgow comma score | | | | | | | ≤8 | 671 (16.5) | 115 (18.5) | 93 (14.6) | 463 (16.5) | <0.001 | | 9–12 | 480 (11.8) | 60 (9.7) | 50 (7.9) | 370 (13.2) | | 13–15 | 2909 (71.7) | 447 (71.9) | 494 (77.6) | 1968 (70.3) |
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