Trends in Transient Ischemic Attack Hospitalizations in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a major predictor of subsequent stroke. No study has assessed nation-wide trends in hospitalization for TIA in the United States. Temporal trends in hospitalization for TIA (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code 435.0-435.9) from 2000 to 2010 were assessed among adults aged ≥25 years using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Age-, sex-, and race/ethnic-specific TIA hospitalization rates were calculated using the weighted number of hospitalizations as the numerator and the US population as the denominator. Age-adjusted rates were standardized to the 2000 US Census population. From 2000 to 2010, age-adjusted TIA hospitalization rates decreased from 118 to 83 per 100 000 (overall rate reduction, -29.7%). Age-specific TIA hospitalization

SUBMITTER: Ramirez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5079046 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature