Global, Regional, and Country-Specific Lifetime Risks of Stroke, 1990 and 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lifetime risk of stroke has been calculated in a limited number of selected populations. We sought to estimate the lifetime risk of stroke at the regional, country, and global level using data from a comprehensive study of the prevalence of major diseases.

Methods

We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2016 estimates of stroke incidence and the competing risks of death from any cause other than stroke to calculate the cumulative lifetime risks of first stroke, ischemic stroke, or hemorrhagic stroke among adults 25 years of age or older. Estimates of the lifetime risks in the years 1990 and 2016 were compared. Countries were categorized into quintiles of the sociodemographic index (SDI) used in the GBD Study, and the risks were compared across quintil

SUBMITTER: GBD 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6247346 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature