Stroke incidence and subtypes in Aboriginal people in remote Australia: a healthcare network population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to compare the incidence, subtypes and aetiology of stroke, and in-hospital death due to stroke, between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Central Australia, a remote region of Australia where a high proportion Aboriginal people reside (40% of the population). We hypothesised that the rates of stroke, particularly in younger adults, would be greater in the Aboriginal population, compared with the non-Aboriginal population; we aimed to elucidate causes for any identified disparities.

Design

A retrospective population-based study of patients hospitalised with stroke within a defined region from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014.

Setting

Alice Springs Hospital, the only neuroimaging-capable acute hospital in Central Australia, serving a network

SUBMITTER: Balabanski AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature