Epidemiology report: trends in sex-specific cerebrovascular disease mortality in Europe based on WHO mortality data.

ABSTRACT: AIMS:There have been substantial declines in cerebrovascular disease mortality across much of Europe, mirroring trends in deaths from cardiovascular disease as a whole. No study has investigated trends in cerebrovascular disease, and its subtypes within all European countries. This study aimed to examine sex-specific trends in cerebrovascular disease, and three of its sub-types: ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), in Europe between 1980 and 2016. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sex-specific mortality data for each country of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe region were extracted from the WHO global mortality database and analysed using Joinpoint software to examine trends. The number and location of significant joinpoints for each country by sex and sub

SUBMITTER: Shah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396027 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature