Cerebrovascular disease in the People's Republic of China

Shichuo Li(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), Bruce S. Schoenberg(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), Chung‐Cheng Wang(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), Xue-ming Cheng(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), C. L. Bolis(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), Kejia Wang(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Neurology
December 1, 1985
10.1212/wnl.35.12.1708
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Abstract

A door-to-door survey was carried out in six cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). There was 100% cooperation with the survey. Among 63,195 screened individuals, there were 392 prevalent cases of completed stroke and 115 incidence cases. Prevalence ratios and incidence rates for completed stroke showed a south-to-north gradient. The highest point prevalence ratio and incidence rate (age-adjusted to the 1960 US population) were documented in Harbin in northeast PRC (1,249/100,000; 441/100,000/yr). The majority of new completed strokes were cerebral infarction, but the percentage of intracerebral hemorrhage (44%) was much greater than that reported among Caucasian populations.

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