Rural-Urban Differences in Diagnosed Cervical Artery Dissection in New York State.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) is a leading cause of stroke in young adults. Incidence estimates may be limited by under- or overdiagnosis.

Objective

We aimed to investigate if CeAD diagnosis would be higher in urban centers compared to rural regions of New York State (NYS).

Methods

For this ecological study, administrative codes were used to identify CeAD discharges in the NYS Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) from 2009 to 2014. Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes were taken from the US Department of Agriculture and included the classifications metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural. Negative binomial models were used to calculate effect estimates and 95% confidence limits (eβ; 95% CL) for the association between

SUBMITTER: Hunter MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256775 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature